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Crouch set to stay

08 Apr 2007 - 13:12:18

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez insists he has no intention of letting Peter Crouch leave the club in the summer.

The Reds manager has reportedly been given £40million to spend on strengthening his squad at the end of the campaign following the takeover of the club by Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Crouch was expected to be one player set to leave Anfield, particularly as Benitez has already agreed to sign Andrei Voronin on a free transfer from Bayer Leverkusen.

However, Benitez told the Sunday Mirror: "I'm really pleased with Peter Crouch and I'm not selling him.

"All players have moments when they suddenly realise what they have to be doing and how to achieve things in their game and this has happened with Peter."

Crouch has scored 30 goals in 90 appearances for Liverpool and grabbed a hat-trick in last weekend's 4-1 victory against Arsenal.