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Benitez Reinstates Commitment

Saturday, 19 April 2008

It is otherwise another turbulent week for Liverpool. The war of words raging in the boardroom have now gotten to manger Rafael Benitez. He has, however reinstated his commitment to the club and is looking forward to a more fruitful season.

Benitez recently said that he might just think about leaving after all that has happened in the club. He felt betrayed that CEO Rick Parry actually had a hand in the Juergen Klinsmann negotiations, something he denied vehemently.

So far, not meeting has yet been scheduled between the manager and the owners or the boardroom staff. Rafa is now focused in cementing fourth place in the league and said that he is not looking anywhere else. “At this moment I have two years of my contract still to go, I am really pleased and really happy here. And I want to stay. And I want to stay for a long time.”

About his meeting with any of the 3 figures at the top, he said that “I do not need to talk to them, I need to talk with my staff and my players. We have been training and all I want to talk about is the games against Fulham, and then Chelsea. We will be preparing for the games properly. I want to win against Fulham, I know everyone is asking and talking about other things, but I am a professional and I want to concentrate on football. We need these three points to be as close to fourth place as quickly as possible. Things (around the club) have not been a distraction for the players. We have confidence in ourselves and we are playing well. That shows the strength of our squad, the quality and the character of the players. I feel that the players are showing they are good professionals. They are focused, they are concentrating on games. That is the key to our success now.”Liverpool faced a similar situation last season when they played Fulham in the midst of preparing for a Champions League Semi Finals against Chelsea. So this time around, it could not a similar case where captain Steven Gerrard will most likely be rested.

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