"Why wouldn't I shake hands? Have you ever seen me not shake hands with anyone?

"I never saw him. I was signing autographs at the front and there was an Indian lad who always wants to shake hands before a game because he says it brings me luck.

"If he [Benitez] wanted to shake my hand he could have stood in front of me.

"I don't know why he has said that. It is nonsense."