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Blimey you lot get carried away when Goal.com decide to publish some dodgy rumour. An alternative....

Anfield strategy and investment should convince Benitez to stay

When one of the most famous managers in Serie A tells you he`s convinced Rafa Benitez will be at Juventus next season, you sit up and take note...

Yet my lengthy conversations with senior figures within the Anfield hierarchy this week have illuminated a long term strategy that requires stability, a new stadium….and Rafa Benitez at the helm.

The picture of turmoil painted by the media is in stark contrast to the impression one is left with after discussing the future with level headed board members. While the club awaits news of investment and endures the constant criticism from outside, it would be understandable if Rafa thought twice about a concrete offer that will arrive from Turin.

However, In my opinion, I am convinced that a reminder from the board about what he is building - along with the investment that should arrive by the summer - will lead to Rafa remaining where his heart is, on Merseyside…

don't know if we should believe in balague but this is my fear. that new investment will come in and that rafa will be the one to use this money on new players. i don't trust him anymore when it comes to the transfer market and giving him money to spend in the summer would be a mistake.

i hope youre wrong, no money will save us at this stage, not with raff at the helm. inestments may happen etc tec, but that'll be used for the pay off, and to entice new high profile management.

and as for the "you lot/goal.com" statement, goal.com wasnt my source, and i can also make up my own mind, we're not Borg.

i dont care where rafa's heart is, the problem is his head is so far up his own backside he can't see how bad we are right now ..... time for him to go

as for balague, i have no interest in what he has to say as it will just be rafas propaganda anyway

yes it usually is

i trust rafa if he is capable of buying the player he wants. If the player he wants cost 25million. He should be able to buy that player.

If he is forced to wheel and deal, he starts looking at josemi, kromkramp, nunez. And his 2nd and 3rd choice players.

So give him the players he wants. Then i will judge him.

Going into the loan market and bargain hunting wont help.

Bl00dy hell - a pro Rafa post. For the record I agree with you but I can't see it going down well on here !!

i wouldn't trust him with that kind of money. ok, he has brought in som great players like torres, pepe and alonso but lately he's not even been capable of using such high sums as 20m wisely...(keane and aqui)

Aqulani hasnt even had a chance mate. Keane is a good player, it didnt work out. Tough luck mate. The players he has been linked with Villa, Silva, Sabrosa, Tevez, Malouda, Vidic, Evra, Kaladze, BARRY.

All those he failed o get cos he coundt shw the cash.

im not denying he has bought crap, but i also look at the flip side of things. This man isnt a fool, he is sought after in europe, so he cant be a fool.

Im also dumbfounded as to why he plays lucas, why he doesnt change things. for sure.

Every season this man has ben at he helm, i have never feared any club in europe, not inter, Ac, real, etc.

Things didnt work out for us this season. let him buy his 1st choice, if he screws up then, i will say its time for a change in my opinion. ight now, i still stand with him.

im not judging aquilani. im just pointing out thath rafa used 20m on a player that missed half the season and when fit he doesn't even get the chance to play...would have been better and cheaper to bring in sneijder or vdv...

i know he's not had the money to sign those kind og players you'd mentioned but still thats not an excuse for his poor tactis and very strange decisions...he may be sought after in europe so hopefully he'll go. and i think his negative tactics would do good in the italian league...

by the way. sky sports reports that we've turned down another bid for babel from brimingham:
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_5897251,00.html