Rafa Benitez to sign £20million deal to stay at Anfield

• zocoss

  1 Feb 09, 13:47

  Rafa Benitez to sign £20million deal to stay at Anfield

   

  

   

   

  Rafa Benitez will  sign a new £20million four-year contract at Liverpool this week.

  Co-owner Tom Hicks arrived at Anfield to tell Benitez that the valuation of transfer targets will no longer be the remit of chief exec Rick Parry. And the owners will sanction the sale of £20million misfit Robbie Keane.

  Boss Benitez rejected a four-and-a-half-year contract extension because of his anger that Parry refused to pay Aston Villa £18million for Gareth Barry last summer. Instead, Parry agreed a £20million fee for Keane with Tottenham.

  A source close to Hicks said: “The owners have had a number of conversations with Rafa Benitez. They agree with his view on how transfer business will be conducted. Tom Hicks and George Gillett hope to conclude the contract while they are in England.”

• Scania N113CRB l0v3r

  1 Feb 09, 13:49

  Lolx Oh Gosh, They dun wan sack him wor

• Saltiga

  1 Feb 09, 19:28

  seriously.. Americans just know how to mess up the whole show.. lets just see how Liverpool crush under them..

• kopiosatu

  1 Feb 09, 19:34

  i think benitez has brought liverpool this far... and can't really go further

• dinky1409

  1 Feb 09, 19:43

  patience lah lols.. fergie aso didnt make instant impact mah.. lols.. benitez may make some mistakes here and there but just hope he will learn over time lah.. he make gd decisions too also mah and he delivered champions league tat time lehs.. so hes not all that empty vessel lols..

• NG QIBO AARON AUBREY

  1 Feb 09, 20:06

  sell keane for fish?

• Medicated Oil

  1 Feb 09, 22:15

  The champion league was won by a bunch of Liverpool players that played their last game with hunger, glory and pride.

  Ah Ben just say go out and play.

  I am not happy with the delibrate mess that he have created to wrestle full control of the team management and the bullying of keane.

  American owners are all empty shell as they have no money to survive till Jun 09 so they just playing with this silly manager.

  They know that Liverpool will be sold to a NEW owner soon.

  With the new management, Ah Ben's head will roll if he cannot develop his medicore players into star players and deliver real results instead of crazy ranting.

  He will become Ramos assistant manager very soon.

• sand king

  2 Feb 09, 02:35

  Give Ben the boot, I think Sammy Lee can do a better job.