Liverpool ready to splash cash
Copyright Press Association Ltd. Friday, 27 May 2005
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has vowed to support Rafael Benitez with a multi-million pound summer spending spree as he bids to make the club a force at home as well as abroad.
Both Parry and Benitez recognise that the squad needs to be strengthened in the next couple of months after finishing just fifth in the Barclays Premiership.
Parry declared: "Being European champions will help enormously in persuading new players to come and there is no way that we will be resting on our laurels."
Up to £30million looks set to be made available to the Liverpool boss, with the club's coffers boosted by their success in Istanbul, as well as a lucrative new sponsorship deal with Carlsberg.
Benitez could raise further funds by selling or releasing of host of current players, including the likes of Vladimir Smicer, Milan Baros, Jerzy Dudek and El-Hadji Diouf.
"There is rebuilding to do as, however magnificent it was to beat Milan, it doesn't take away from the fact that we fell short in the Premier League. It's a real priority for us to get that right.
"We've got a plan and we're working on it. There's a very long list of players that we're refining downwards.
"Rafa and I have been talking every day for the last week and more, even on the morning after the final. We know what we'd like to do and we will look to get there."
Source :
TheFA.com
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