Striker Peter Crouch, who is reportedly unhappy not to be playing regularly due to the rotation policy being followed at Anfield, will not be sold, declared
Amidst speculations over the
Benitez said in the Liverpool Echo: “People have been talking about Peter Crouch for two months, but he is our player and we don’t want to sell him.
“He is a nice boy, a good professional, a good player.
“It is clear that this team now with four strikers creates more competition for places, but I don’t have any problems because Crouch is a good player.”
Crouch was the top-scorer for the Reds last season but has started just one Premiership game this season, as Benitez has largely used the combination from Torres, Dirk Kuyt and Voronin.
Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez has disclosed his excitement at looking at all sorts of combinations between four of his strikers and finding that all – Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Andriy Voronin and Peter Crouch – are “equal.”
The Reds have been perched atop the Premiership table for the first time in five years with eleven goals scored in their opening four games.
As such, the Merseysiders have got off to a bright start that they were eyeing in this sesaon’s top-flight competition, which they haven’t won for last 17 years.
"The understanding between Torres and Kuyt is fine, but then when it was Kuyt and Voronin that was good also. It is the same when Crouch is playing with Torres, Voronin or Kuyt, I am pleased with all the combinations,” claimed Benitez.
"All of them know what we want, their movement is good and I am sure it will improve even more over the coming weeks.
"Now we have four players with quality and different skills. I can now manage in a different way because you know all of them can score goals.
"You cannot say that Torres will score more goals that Kuyt, Voronin or Crouch. They can all score and they are all equal.”
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