Liverpool are demanding
answers from Inter Milan boss
Rafa Benitez over his interest
in Javier Mascherano.
The Sunday Mirror says Benitez has angered his old club
by continuing to make noises about signing the Argentina captain
since taking over at Inter Milan
this summer.
But the European champions have failed to back up their words
with a bid.
And as Mascherano’s frustration with life at Anfield grows,
there is a feeling inside the corridors of power at
Liverpool that Benitez is
playing a waiting game in a ploy to land Mascherano on the
cheap.
A Liverpool insider said: “We
know how Rafa works and, for all Mascherano’s talk about leaving,
there has been no bid from any club for him.
“We think Rafa is biding his time because he thinks we will
accept a lower price closer to the transfer window. He’s wrong
about that.”