Rafa Benitez: I won't be selling, I will be buying

Dec 30 2007

Rafa Benitez fully expects Liverpool to be active in the transfer market when the transfer window opens early next month, he said today. 

And he said he does not intend to sell any of the current squad. Peter Crouch had been linked with a move to Manchester City.

“We will try to find the right player at the right price. We have talked - there are no problems, because we do think the same way,” he said of himself and Liverpool’s owners.

“We will continue to work, like every club, to improve our squad.

“We will try to do the same; if we can find the right players at the right price maybe we can do some business.

“If we cannot, we will try to improve what we have. But I believe I can go to the board and ask if the right player comes along - and I think they would say yes.

“We are not thinking about selling any of our players, because we will need them for the rest of the season.

“We have the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Champions League. We are not thinking about letting anyone leave.”