BIG PLANS ... Liverpool's Christian
Purslow
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Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow has
reassured star players Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard not to
worry about the club qualifying for the Champions League next
season.
Liverpool, currently fifth in the Premier League and in the
latter stages of the Europa League, are confident of keeping their
prized playing assets.
Purslow told Spanish paper AS: "We will be in the
Champions League, for sure. We are not a selling club."
He also dismissed continued speculation linking manager Rafael
Benitez moving to Juventus in the summer.
Purslow said: "We have not considered, nor are we going to
consider, a future without Benitez.
"The plan calls for five years of stability in the coaching
staff and the (playing) staff. "It is normal that big clubs are
interested in Rafa. The coach himself has denied (the rumours
linking him to Juventus).
Meanwhile Liverpool hope to give new life to their plans to
build a 60,000-seat stadium by bringing in new investors before the
end of the season.
With plans to move to a new stadium in Stanley Park currently on
hold the Anfield club have begun the search for new funding to
bring them back on track.
Purslow said: "When I arrived we agreed with the owners that we
had to look for new investors. "There are interested parties and I
would like to get it sorted out before the end of this season.
Without investment there won't be a new stadium." But if they do
not find new investment Liverpool will look to try to compete with
their rivals by remaining at Anfield.
He added: "That's plan B: run the club in the most responsible
way possible. "We are generating a healthy profit and meeting our
obligations, while remaining competitive in the transfer market and
with the wages we are paying."
