Monday, May 24, 2010

Liverpool To Cash In On Javier Mascherano


Liverpool will cash in on Javier Mascherano after the World Cup and could spend a chunk of the £30million windfall on paying off Rafa Benitez.

That’s the likely outcome of the first of many moves at Anfield this summer – even though Benitez has now insisted his immediate future is at the club.

Benitez had been strongly linked to the Juventus job but that door has been slammed in his face with the appointment of former Sampdoria coach Luigi del Neri.

That left Benitez high and dry and after two meetings with new Anfield chairman Martin Broughton he decided to carry on in the job.

But American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are growing increasingly tired of his political games where he doesn’t discourage talk of a move away from the club.

They’ve hesitated at taking the axe to Benitez because they would have to hand over a £16m cheque for his remaining four-year deal.

But it’s now felt that the golden handshake could be financed by Mascherano’s sale, with Barcelona still an option.

Mascherano believed he was joining Barca last summer and put his early season slump down to the disappointment at not packing his bags for the Nou Camp.

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