Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has admitted to making errors in the transfer market but suggested he had to take risks because of the precarious financial situation at Anfield.
With the club struggling in the Premier League and their Champions League participation hanging by a thread, Benitez defiantly defended the job he has done at the club, and claimed when all of his players returned from injury, fans would see the best of them.
Benitez told the Times: “There is a massive difference between five years ago and now,”
“The name of the club round the world is at the same level as it was in the 1980s. It’s a fantastic achievement.”
“Everybody talks about Liverpool in a good way. And we will get better.”
He added: “People are worried,”
“But the team will improve. When we have key players on the pitch we are as good as anyone. We have proved this in the past.”
On his transfer record at the club, which of late has been criticised by some, the Spaniard claimed his hands were tied by the club’s fragile finances.
Benitez continued: “We can only buy one or two big, £20 million players a year,”
“If we want to have money available, then we have to sell some players. We have to sell expensive and buy as cheaply as possible.”
“Aquilani fit would be £20-30 million. We checked with doctors and they said he would be out one, maybe two months. We have lost some time, but I signed the player for five years, not five weeks. We needed to take the risk.”
“When we have spent big, normally it’s been very good business,”
“Torres, Mascherano, Reina, Alonso. Keane is a good player but we had to sell him because he was not playing at the level we knew he could play. Ryan [Babel] was signed for the future and we are waiting for his improvement. He has to be more consistent.”
“With the fringe players, we needed to take a gamble on Bosmans and one, two million-pound players. Some of these players have not been good enough for us. It is a risk you have to accept when there is not too much money about.”
With the club struggling in the Premier League and their Champions League participation hanging by a thread, Benitez defiantly defended the job he has done at the club, and claimed when all of his players returned from injury, fans would see the best of them.
Benitez told the Times: “There is a massive difference between five years ago and now,”
“The name of the club round the world is at the same level as it was in the 1980s. It’s a fantastic achievement.”
“Everybody talks about Liverpool in a good way. And we will get better.”
He added: “People are worried,”
“But the team will improve. When we have key players on the pitch we are as good as anyone. We have proved this in the past.”
On his transfer record at the club, which of late has been criticised by some, the Spaniard claimed his hands were tied by the club’s fragile finances.
Benitez continued: “We can only buy one or two big, £20 million players a year,”
“If we want to have money available, then we have to sell some players. We have to sell expensive and buy as cheaply as possible.”
“Aquilani fit would be £20-30 million. We checked with doctors and they said he would be out one, maybe two months. We have lost some time, but I signed the player for five years, not five weeks. We needed to take the risk.”
“When we have spent big, normally it’s been very good business,”
“Torres, Mascherano, Reina, Alonso. Keane is a good player but we had to sell him because he was not playing at the level we knew he could play. Ryan [Babel] was signed for the future and we are waiting for his improvement. He has to be more consistent.”
“With the fringe players, we needed to take a gamble on Bosmans and one, two million-pound players. Some of these players have not been good enough for us. It is a risk you have to accept when there is not too much money about.”
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