Source: Team_Talk
I don't sort transfers, roars Rafa
Rafael Benitez has tried to swerve an argument with Liverpool by insisting he is not responsible for signing players for Inter Milan.[LNB] Reds manager Roy Hodgson has said Benitez would be reneging on an agreement not to raid Anfield for players if he pursued Dutchman Dirk Kuyt.[LNB]But Benitez, speaking in Monaco ahead of Friday's UEFA Super Cup final between Inter and Atletico Madrid, ducked questions about any agreement.[LNB]The Spaniard said: "I am the coach and I cannot sign players - that is for the technical director and the chairman.[LNB]"I am fine like this - I can focus on my work on the pitch and that is all. I am the coach, not the manager."[LNB]On Wednesday Hodgson denied any knowledge of Kuyt wanting to leave despite suggestions by his agent that talks between Liverpool and Inter are continuing.[LNB]"Dirk has not expressed that sentiment to me," said Hodgson, who insisted the assurances he had received from Inter president Massimo Moratti last week that the Italians were not intending to buy any Liverpool players still held firm.[LNB]"When he left the club Rafael Benitez signed an agreement that he would not poach players from Liverpool.[LNB]"We haven't received an offer from any club so this is something obviously going on behind the scenes, with the agent possibly talking to the manager of Inter Milan."[LNB]Benitez, who evaded further questions on the subject, will see his side taking on the team supported by his father on Friday.[LNB]"It will be a tough game for us, they are a very talented team with quality players and they have great offensive potential," he said.
