New Benitez deal imminent
Benitez has agreed terms and the length of the contract
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Tuesday, 13, Jan 2009 10:53
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has revealed he is close to signing a new contract at Anfield after protracted negotiations.
Newspaper reports on Tuesday suggested that the deal was in jeopardy as over a disagreement between Benitez and the club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett over who controls the transfer policy.
The Spaniard denied that there were any problems and was surprised at the reports.
"My agent only received the draft document of my contract yesterday evening so my surprise is that some journalists can talk about there being problems before I have even read it properly and discussed it," he said.
Benitez did suggest, however, that there was still some work to do before the contract could be signed but denied that he had any disagreements with Hicks and Gillett.
"We have agreed the length of contract and we have agreed the salary.
"Now we have to discuss my role and my responsibilities as manager of the club. But we haven't had the opportunity to do that yet.
"Someone has information and clearly wants to create a mess, but I haven't discussed anything yet because, as I say, the contract only arrived last night.
"I don't have any problems at all with the American owners."