Rafa Benitez has been assured that whatever funds he raises from transfer sales in January he can use to recruit new players. Benitez already knows he is getting no money from the owners for new players and will have to sell to buy, something he intends to do in earnest as soon as the transfer [...]
According to rumours going around today, the Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has lost the confidence of at least three of the senior players in the team, and they have decided that they don’t him to be in charge any longer. An un-named source was quoted in the LFCGlobe as saying: “Three Liverpool players are absolutely [...]
There has been speculation recently that the Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who has just played his 600th game for the club, didn’t expect to be given a new contract when the current one expired in 2011, but Rafael Benitez has said that he didn’t see there being a problem. “I read an interview with him [...]
The ex-Liverpool star Stan Collymore has spoken out what quite a few fans must be thinking after this weekends result. He thinks that the players don’t want to play for Benitez any more and the Spaniard should leave for the good of the club. Collymore said in his column in the Mirror: “Perhaps Liverpool’s latest [...]
The Liverpool manager Rafael benitez still thinks that the club will finish in the top four of the Premiership despite losing to bottom-club Portsmouth this weekend. “We always knew the battle for fourth would be difficult but we know we can play well,” Benitez said. “We know we have the quality, it’s just a question [...]
The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says that Liverpool are definitely going to have a go at winning the Europa League after the disappointment of being knocked out of the Champions League, but doesn’t think they have been given an easy first draw against Unirea Urziceni. “Unirea won the league in Romania and they are certainly [...]
The Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez thinks that the people who compile the Premier League fixture list should get their act together, and stop sending clubs on 500 mile journeys at Christmas! “I am a foreign manager and people talk about Christmas being a busy time,” he said. “In Spain, it is the same, and it [...]
The Liverpool boss was pleased with Fernando Torres coming on and scoring the winner against Wigan last night, despite still feeling the effects of the last game against Arsenal. “It was a fantastic achievement for him,” Benitez said. “He was tired after the last game, so I told him if I don’t play you it [...]
Rafael Benitez feels that his Liverpool team were totally in control of the game against Arsenal yesterday up until half-time. But the failure to score the second goal left them in a vulnerable position in the second half, and played on the team’s confidence. “After the first half, everybody was convinced that it was a [...]
Rafael Benitez is absolutely certain that Liverpool should have been given a penalty by Howard Webb yesterday against Arsenal, when William Gallas clumsily up-ended Steven Gerard, and believes that, if it was given, it could have all been different. “It was 100% a penalty,” said Benitez. “It doesn’t matter if the ball is going away [...]
The rumours that Spanish giants Valencia are going to be forced to sell their stars in January, as their financial plight comes to breaking point, just won’t go away. The papers are full of £50m rumours regarding David Villa, but according to Guillem Blague, Liverpool are set to make a move for the young striker [...]
The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was very impressed with Alberto Aquilani’s first 90 minutes for the Reds against Fiorentina in midweek, and Fernando Torres also came through his comeback game unscather, so the Liverpool boss is seriously considering them both starting against Arsenal this weekend, although he added the proviso of saying they will be [...]
The Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard thinks that the return of Fernando Torres to the team could be the catalyst to get the Reds season back on track, and he believes the team will be all out to beat Arsenal this weekend. “Torres’ return is massive for me, massive for everyone. He’s the main man, he’s [...]
The Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is keen for the team to pull themselves out of their recent slump, and says that they have a chance to prove that they are still a good team by beating Arsenal on Sunday. “It’s difficult because we’re not winning two or three games in a row at the moment. [...]
