Rafa Benitez is expected to sign a new long-term contract with Liverpool this week.
The club's American owners have agreed to give him full control over transfer policy. Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks last night arrived at Anfield to tell Benitez the valuation of transfer targets will no longer be the remit of chief executive Rick Parry.
And the owners are ready to sanction the sale of £20million misfit Robbie Keane, who has been left out of the Liverpool squad for this afternoon's crunch clash with Chelsea.
Boss Benitez (left) rejected an initial offer of four-and-a half-year contract extension last month because of his discontent that Parry refused to meet Aston Villa's £18m asking price for Gareth Barry last summer.
Instead, Keane's axed he sanctioned the £20marrival of Keane from Tottenham. Now Benitez will be given power to identify and value transfer targets within a set budget. Co-owner George Gillett will fly in today to seal the deal with Hicks and Benitez.
It will take Benitez to June 2013 and will be worth £20m. A source close to Hicks said: "The owners have had a number of conversations with Rafa Benitez on the telephone this week.
And 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." Parry will now be asked to concentrate on the club's commercial side. Keane, left out of the squad for a second time, now looks destined for a return to London - if Spurs return the full fee.
The club's American owners have agreed to give him full control over transfer policy. Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks last night arrived at Anfield to tell Benitez the valuation of transfer targets will no longer be the remit of chief executive Rick Parry.
And the owners are ready to sanction the sale of £20million misfit Robbie Keane, who has been left out of the Liverpool squad for this afternoon's crunch clash with Chelsea.
Boss Benitez (left) rejected an initial offer of four-and-a half-year contract extension last month because of his discontent that Parry refused to meet Aston Villa's £18m asking price for Gareth Barry last summer.
Instead, Keane's axed he sanctioned the £20marrival of Keane from Tottenham. Now Benitez will be given power to identify and value transfer targets within a set budget. Co-owner George Gillett will fly in today to seal the deal with Hicks and Benitez.
It will take Benitez to June 2013 and will be worth £20m. A source close to Hicks said: "The owners have had a number of conversations with Rafa Benitez on the telephone this week.
And 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." Parry will now be asked to concentrate on the club's commercial side. Keane, left out of the squad for a second time, now looks destined for a return to London - if Spurs return the full fee.
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