Source: Eurosport
Benitez hails Gerrard extension
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez hailed Steven Gerrard's contract extension as "really good" for the future of the club after the Reds skipper signed his new deal this week.
Gerrard agreed the extension to keep him at Anfield until 2013 in April and has now completed the formalities after returning from his summer holiday to begin pre-season training.
Benitez has already secured the futures of Dirk Kuyt, Fernando Torres, Daniel Agger and Yossi Benayoun this summer and is delighted to have Gerrard signed up for the next four years.
He said: "We have spent this summer trying to secure the players we have.
"It's really good to keep Kuyt, Torres, Agger, Benayoun and Steven. They are the here and now of the club and for the future it is really good.
"We are really pleased. We have a lot of good players who want to stay, to win and compete.
"The message has to be the same again this year - to be there, to be contenders and to fight. If we can win trophies it would be fantastic."
