According to reports Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez had offered Chamakh a lucrative deal which his advisers had urged him to sign.
Matt Hughes in The Times reports: "For most of last month Rafael Benítez, the club’s manager, appeared to be favourite to seal the deal. However, the Spaniard was left angry and disappointed yesterday."
Hughes adds in the daily broadsheet: "Benítez, whose transfer dealings have been undermined by the Anfield hierarchy in the past, expected things to be different when Christian Purslow took over as managing director. However, sources close to the player suggested that Liverpool mismanaged the deal, dragging their heels and being too fussy with their contractual demands."
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