Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez insists he doesn't want TOTAL
control on transfers as he thrashes out terms over a new
contract.
"It's been said I want to control everything 100 per cent," said
Benitez. "That isn't true, but if I am given a budget I should be
allowed to work my way within that budget.
"If the budget is £20m in a transfer window, you can spend it
all on one player or buy five players for £4m each. Who should
decide? The manager. He knows what he needs and is the best person
to decide the value of each player.
"It doesn't matter if you have one chief executive or 20 chief
executives. It must be the manager who decides how the budget is
spent. It's not personal against Rick Parry. I get on fine with
him.
"I am happy to talk with the owners again whenever they want. I
just want to stay at Liverpool for a long time. I am working very
hard for the club and the fact I signed a 17-year-old, Victor
Palsson, in this transfer window shows we are all thinking about
the future."