Liverpool to receive £30 Million in transfer funds but not Benitez

[Hansern]

Bit of a strange article, but thought I'd post it anyways. From Footylatest;

Liverpool to receive £30 Million in transfer funds but not Benitez

Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have agreed to inject more funds in to Liverpool FC in order to purchase new players but on condition that manager Rafa Benitez is not allowed to spend it. The American owners have realised that to sustain the value of Liverpool and to attract potential investors that they will need to keep the club competitive and that means bringing in fresh blood at Anfield.

As things stand investors have been put off by the high price of Liverpool as set down by Hicks and Gillett and uncertainty over the clubs future financial status in the absence of Champions League football. To avoid the club losing even more value the Chairman Martin Broughton has told the Yanks that they will need to spend some money or risk seeing their investment lose even more value.

The American’s as a pair no longer trust the judgment of manager Rafa Benitez and they have agreed to stump up some extra cash as long as the Spaniard is not the one to spend it, though they have agreed that any funds raised from sales the manager can keep.

This is much needed news for the suffering Anfield faithful, they have had a disastrous season and confidence in Benitez is at an all time low and the p[prospect of no decent new signings coming in and the likes of Tottenham and Man City strengthening their squads risked seeing the Merseysiders pushed permanently out of the top four and the Americans at long last seem to have realised this.

Once the new funding has been confirmed and Benitez’s future has been sorted the club can then settle down and concentrate in rebuilding not just the team but also confidence in time for next season.

Could at long last be some light at the end of the tunnel for Liverpool fans.

 

[Delinquent]

It looks like it was written by a twelve-year-old.

 

[Richey]

I can understand why benitez would not be trusted to spend the money but if that is the case why say "Once the new funding has been confirmed and Benitez’s future has been sorted"?

If they don't trust him they have to sack him, that seems pretty sorted out already to me! And if they sack him that will mean injecting even more funds into the club to pay him off and pay his staff off.

It all seems rather far fetched!

 

[Le Chacal]

Who is going to target the players and buy them then?
Purslow?
Rafa will never accept that, the yanks want to force him to resign.

 

[spider-Neil]

*cough* bullshit *cough*

G&H - 'rafa you're sacked'


that's all they have to do and it would be fair easier than handing the club money with instructions not to let the manger spend it (oh fucking hell, who the fuck comes up with this stuff?) all this cloak and dagger stuff is bullshit.

 

[Holle]

[quote author=Le Chacal link=topic=40301.msg1106162#msg1106162 date=1274186870]
Who is going to target the players and buy them then?
Purslow?
Rafa will never accept that, the yanks want to force him to resign.
[/quote]

Relax. The article is bollocks obviously.

Rafa will be here next season - he won't resign and we can't afford to sack him. Unfortunately no other club is taking him from us either.

 

[Hansern]

I think Rafa will be gone. If a new potential owner doesn't want Rafa here, he'll be gone ASAP anyway.
I'm guessing thats why Rafa is sweating a bit over what to do. The Juve job was gone the minute they changed the original offer.

If either Milan club make an approach, he'll probably take it.

 

[Rouge Penguin]

Denis wise is at a loose end if you need some one to review youtube clips of potential new players.

 

[zlatan18]

Stupidest thing ive read, obviously if benitez doesnt get the money and purslow signs them, rafa being the stubborn cunt he is will keep them on the bench to proove a point

 

[Avmenon]

[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=40301.msg1106166#msg1106166 date=1274188205]
*cough* bullshit *cough*

G&H - 'rafa you're sacked'


that's all they have to do and it would be fair easier than handing the club money with instructions not to let the manger spend it (oh fucking hell, who the fuck comes up with this stuff?) all this cloak and dagger stuff is bullshit.
[/quote]

You can relax, your man is safe.

If the Yanks were stupid enough to do that it would clearly amount to constructive dismissal and Rafa would walk with his fat paycheque in hand.

 

[Insignificance]

Maybe we can convince Parry to come back and spend them?

 

[manwithnoname]

"The American’s as a pair no longer trust the judgment of manager Rafa Benitez and they have agreed to stump up some extra cash as long as the Spaniard is not the one to spend it, though they have agreed that any funds raised from sales the manager can keep."

Badly-written gibberish.

So he can spend money he raises from players sales, but isn't allowed the £30m "magic extra" cash, because they don't trust him with that money?

Who is going to spend that then?

"This is the Glengarry money. But you can't have it. Because this is for CLOSERS"

What a load of fucking bollocks.

 

[themn]

Ha ha ha !

 

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=40301.msg1106225#msg1106225 date=1274194416]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=40301.msg1106166#msg1106166 date=1274188205]
*cough* bullshit *cough*

G&H - 'rafa you're sacked'


that's all they have to do and it would be fair easier than handing the club money with instructions not to let the manger spend it (oh fucking hell, who the fuck comes up with this stuff?) all this cloak and dagger stuff is bullshit.
[/quote]

You can relax, your man is safe.

If the Yanks were stupid enough to do that it would clearly amount to constructive dismissal and Rafa would walk with his fat paycheque in hand.
[/quote]

Doesn't that depend how explicit such instructions were? If they weren't, Rafa might have a job proving his case.

 

[darkstarexodus]

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40301.msg1106317#msg1106317 date=1274210601]
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=40301.msg1106225#msg1106225 date=1274194416]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=40301.msg1106166#msg1106166 date=1274188205]
*cough* bullshit *cough*

G&H - 'rafa you're sacked'


that's all they have to do and it would be fair easier than handing the club money with instructions not to let the manger spend it (oh fucking hell, who the fuck comes up with this stuff?) all this cloak and dagger stuff is bullshit.
[/quote]

You can relax, your man is safe.

If the Yanks were stupid enough to do that it would clearly amount to constructive dismissal and Rafa would walk with his fat paycheque in hand.
[/quote]

Doesn't that depend how explicit such instructions were? If they weren't, Rafa might have a job proving his case.
[/quote]

We'll get Ross arguing against Rafa. No worries.

 

[kingjulian]

I really doubt H&G would be allowed to invest in the team, before making a sizable reduction in the debt and restructuring it.

If we are going to get a transfer budget, it will be only after the club is sold.

 

[Rosco]

[quote author=darkstarexodus link=topic=40301.msg1106318#msg1106318 date=1274210856]
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40301.msg1106317#msg1106317 date=1274210601]
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=40301.msg1106225#msg1106225 date=1274194416]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=40301.msg1106166#msg1106166 date=1274188205]
*cough* bullshit *cough*

G&H - 'rafa you're sacked'


that's all they have to do and it would be fair easier than handing the club money with instructions not to let the manger spend it (oh fucking hell, who the fuck comes up with this stuff?) all this cloak and dagger stuff is bullshit.
[/quote]

You can relax, your man is safe.

If the Yanks were stupid enough to do that it would clearly amount to constructive dismissal and Rafa would walk with his fat paycheque in hand.
[/quote]

Doesn't that depend how explicit such instructions were? If they weren't, Rafa might have a job proving his case.
[/quote]

We'll get Ross arguing against Rafa. No worries.
[/quote]

Managers aren't allowed by the Premier League rules to have the final say on transfers, so it would be impossible to mount a constructive dismissal case on that basis.

 

[Avmenon]

Good point, but I'm assuming that the power and control Rafa wrangled for himself last year dont make things quite as clear as that.