Rafa Benitez admits that he may now
be able to bring in a different type of player to Anfield following
the club's takeover.
A historic week in Liverpool's history has seen the Merseyside
giants taken over by new co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks
and the American tycoons are ready to show their considerable hand
in the transfer market.
In the past Benitez has had to be relatively frugal in comparison
to some of the Premiership's biggest hitters but this could be
about to change in what is sure to be an intriguing period for
everyone involved at Liverpool.
While Benitez insists he has no intention of squandering cash
needlessly, he does accept that the spending power at his disposal
could make things easier in a competitive market.
"It has been a very important week and something that will change
everything," conceded Benitez.
"We talked about the future of the club, not money or this player
or that player. We talked about who we had in the squad and ideas
for the future.
"They were nice people and good businessmen. That is a good mix,
they can then do the right things for the club in terms of money
and how we grow.
"It could be a problem of inflated fees now, but I am happy with my
scouting department and we are doing a good job now without any big
money.
"We have enough money to do business now and if we have more in the
future it could be easier. If we have two players we like and one
is more expensive, maybe now we can consider signing him.
"We are doing the right things now and maybe we will not need to
spend big money in the summer."
