STADIUM SACRIFICED FOR TRANSFERS
Liverpool's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have scaled down plans for their new stadium to divert money into a transfer kitty for boss Rafa Benitez.
The Mirror are reporting that the American duo decided to reduce the spending on the stadium to provide Benitez with the funds required to secure the services of Javier Mascherano and to also add a new striker and two new wide players.
Chief executive Rick Parry has pledged that Liverpool WILL be active when the transfer window opens next month.
The club's chief executive has quashed speculation that Liverpool boss Benitez would not have any money to spend to new players in January.
Parry said: "We will be active in the transfer market next month, as we always are. There has never been any suggestion of a ban, I don't know where that has come from. Our priority is to do as well as we can on the field, and, as always, we will be active."
He added: "It is nonsense to say that there will be an embargo on transfers for the manager - the owners are committed to supporting him as much as possible.
"The objective on day one in building the new stadium was to generate more cash to fund the team and we must never get away from that objective. We will still produce a stadium for the fans to be proud of, and the owners will be able to support the manager in the way that he wants."
Editor's Notes
Liverpool fans have allegedly taken this news with mixed-reactions. On one hand, they would want Liverpool's new home ground to be the yardstick for future stadiums, a pride of the Reds. But on the other hand, the fans would want to support Rafa over his battle to get some extra funds for new recruitment come the January transfer window.
Its sad that the design of the stadium had to be down-scaled in order to filter out some fundings. But on the contrary, only some of the high-tech state of the art design have been omitted. And apparently the initial plan for a capacity of 70,000 is still in place.
Perhaps its an amicable trade off. With Rafa hopefully getting to strengthen the squad with a new centre half and a winger who can cross. The downside could be that the sensor auto-flush of the stadium's toilets have been now made to manuals.
The Mirror are reporting that the American duo decided to reduce the spending on the stadium to provide Benitez with the funds required to secure the services of Javier Mascherano and to also add a new striker and two new wide players.
Chief executive Rick Parry has pledged that Liverpool WILL be active when the transfer window opens next month.
The club's chief executive has quashed speculation that Liverpool boss Benitez would not have any money to spend to new players in January.
Parry said: "We will be active in the transfer market next month, as we always are. There has never been any suggestion of a ban, I don't know where that has come from. Our priority is to do as well as we can on the field, and, as always, we will be active."He added: "It is nonsense to say that there will be an embargo on transfers for the manager - the owners are committed to supporting him as much as possible.
"The objective on day one in building the new stadium was to generate more cash to fund the team and we must never get away from that objective. We will still produce a stadium for the fans to be proud of, and the owners will be able to support the manager in the way that he wants."
Editor's Notes
Liverpool fans have allegedly taken this news with mixed-reactions. On one hand, they would want Liverpool's new home ground to be the yardstick for future stadiums, a pride of the Reds. But on the other hand, the fans would want to support Rafa over his battle to get some extra funds for new recruitment come the January transfer window.Its sad that the design of the stadium had to be down-scaled in order to filter out some fundings. But on the contrary, only some of the high-tech state of the art design have been omitted. And apparently the initial plan for a capacity of 70,000 is still in place.
Perhaps its an amicable trade off. With Rafa hopefully getting to strengthen the squad with a new centre half and a winger who can cross. The downside could be that the sensor auto-flush of the stadium's toilets have been now made to manuals.
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