Rafa Sure Mascherano Will Stay At Anfield
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports that Javier Mascherano has grown disillusioned with his status at Anfield and will thus move in the January transfer window.
The Argentina international remains on-loan with the Reds and is reported to be unhappy at the lack of speed in Liverpool securing his future, leading him to contemplate a move to admirers Juventus.
However, both Benitez and Mascherano have expressed a desire to extend the 23-year-old's stay, and the news that owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have successfully refinanced their ailing financial situation has made the manager confident that his holding midfielder will now be bought outright.
The Spaniard also suggested that the sale of want-away midfielder Mohammed Sissoko would grease the wheels in signing Mascherano.
"It could help," Benitez told Liverpool's official website when asked if Sissoko's sale could help finance a deal.
"We don't have too much news but we are working with Mohamed Sissoko and I think we are close to a final solution which will be good for him and the club.
"I have confidence Mascherano will stay with us. I don't know the exact position now but I talked to the player yesterday and he wants to stay.
"I have had some contact with the owners. We were talking before about Sissoko and Mascherano. We are working and being pro-active."
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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports that Javier Mascherano has grown disillusioned with his status at Anfield and will thus move in the January transfer window.
The Argentina international remains on-loan with the Reds and is reported to be unhappy at the lack of speed in Liverpool securing his future, leading him to contemplate a move to admirers Juventus.
However, both Benitez and Mascherano have expressed a desire to extend the 23-year-old's stay, and the news that owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have successfully refinanced their ailing financial situation has made the manager confident that his holding midfielder will now be bought outright.
The Spaniard also suggested that the sale of want-away midfielder Mohammed Sissoko would grease the wheels in signing Mascherano.
"It could help," Benitez told Liverpool's official website when asked if Sissoko's sale could help finance a deal.
"We don't have too much news but we are working with Mohamed Sissoko and I think we are close to a final solution which will be good for him and the club.
"I have confidence Mascherano will stay with us. I don't know the exact position now but I talked to the player yesterday and he wants to stay.
"I have had some contact with the owners. We were talking before about Sissoko and Mascherano. We are working and being pro-active."
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