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Javier Mascherano is delighted with his decision to join Liverpool in January. "The reality is that things didn't work out for me in London and I couldn't let this opportunity pass: the chance to come to a big team - to fight for important things," he told UEFA Champions Magazine. "I'm very happy with the decision I made to come here."The Argentine midfielder also revealed how Reds boss Rafa Benitez convinced him about moving to Anfield: "He asked whether I wanted to stay in England or go somewhere else. It's logical that, before starting the transfer work, he wanted to know he had a 'yes' on my part. "Otherwise it wouldn't be worth doing all the paperwork, which was rather a lot," he jokes, in reference to the issues with Fifa transfer regulations that surrounded the move. "We spoke a bit about my role. He'd seen me play for some time, but I'd never had the opportunity to speak with him before. "He asked about my ideas; what I thought. All the basic stuff from a manager who wants to bring a player to his club."