Ya iyalah, kalo Torres dijual, bukan cuma Rafa yang quit, Indah juga hihihi
**Makan siomay lagi aaah
Benitez: I will quit if Torres is sold
Soccernet
November 17, 2009
Rafael Benitez has revealed he would be prepared to quit as Liverpool
boss if star striker Fernando Torres is ever sold against his will.
The club's well-publicised debts have led to questions about whether
owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett would be tempted should a
big-money offer come in for the Spain striker.
But Benitez told the Times the 25-year-old would not be sold at any cost.
"I'm confident it will never happen,'' he said. "If it did, I'd resign.''
Liverpool's £20 million man Alberto Aquilani was their only high
profile arrival in the summer and Benitez has often bemoaned his
inability to compete with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea
in the transfer market.
And while the Spanish boss admitted the situation had led him to make
some mistakes, he was defiant about his transfer policy.
"When we have spent big, normally it's been very good business,'' he
said. "Torres, [Javier] Mascherano, [Pepe] Reina, [Xabi] Alonso.
"[Robbie] Keane is a good player but we had to sell him because he was
not playing at the level we knew he could play. "Ryan [Babel] was
signed for the future and we are waiting for his improvement. He has
to be more consistent.
"With the fringe players, we needed to take a gamble on Bosmans and
one, two million-pound players. Some of these players have not been
good enough for us. It is a risk you have to accept when there is not
too much money about.''
Benitez defended the signing of midfielder Aquilani, who was bought
for from Roma to replace Alonso after the Spain international joined
Real Madrid in the summer, but is only now reaching fitness after
injury problems.
"We can only buy one or two big, £20 million players a year,'' Benitez
said. "If we want to have money available then we have to sell some
players. We have to sell expensive and buy as cheaply as possible.
With Liverpool struggling for form and lying seventh in the table
having lost five league games already this
season, many believe their title aspirations are already dead, while
qualification for the knockout stage of this season's Champions League
has also been cast into serious doubt.
"People are worried,'' Benitez said.
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