It is expected that this week Rafael Benitez will sign a new long term agreement with Liverpool. So believes Mirror. American club owners agreed to give the head coach of Liverpool full control over transfer policy. Co-owner Tom Hicks of the club arrived at Anfield last night to inform Benitez. In addition the club owners are willing to agree to the sale of Robbie Keane, who actually dropped from the team. Rafael Benitez month ago refused to renew his contract because of disagreements with CEO Rick Perry of the club, who declined to allocate 18 million pounds to buy from Aston Villa's Gareth Barry. Instead, a bought Robbie Keane for 20 million. Now Benitez will be able to determine the subject and value of transfers in the club's budget.
Continuing the theme of Liverpool, The Guardian columnist Rohl Wilson offers readers to ponder over the position of head coach of the club and quotes from an interview with Benitez: W: Robbie gets a request for a Sunday game? B: I do not know, we will have another workout. To decide to wait for its completion. G: If it does not hurt, can he get to claim? B: I can not guarantee it. I do not identify with the composition until the last moment. M: But many people find strange the fact that you spent 20m on striker, then he can not get out of the 18 players.
B: This club has spent his 20 million pounds. And then the price does not matter. If you think only about the price of players, you never could stand a good team. M: You said that this club has spent on Robbie 20 million pounds, but if you managed the transfer budget, you would have bought it for that amount? B: At the moment I'm concentrating only on the upcoming game with Chelsea.