Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool boss Benitez: I'm 'dead' worried over new Anfield deal
[LNB]Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez still has not signed an Anfield extension[LNB] Rafael Benitez has warned he will be 'dead' as Liverpool[LNB]manager if he does not close his Anfield contract saga soon.[LNB]Liverpool hope Benitez will sign a new four-and-a-half year deal worth £16million later this week after the club's American owners agreed to give him greater power over transfer policy.[LNB]Benitez said: 'If you have a one year contract you have nothing— and I only have 18 months left.[LNB]'If people realise the manager only has that time left, he's dead. [LNB]'I have between 10-12 assistants whose contracts run out in June.'[LNB]Benitez also denied he wants total control of transfers: 'I never asked for absolute power. Capacity to make decisions and to manoeuvre? Yes.'[LNB]The delay has led to fears he could be tempted back to Spain.[LNB]'I hope I can stay here for a long time,' he said. [LNB]'Would Real Madrid be the icing on the cake in the career of any manager? No doubt about it.[LNB]'But that sounds like the final stages of someone's career and that isn't my case.'[LNB] Liverpool's American owners set Benitez deadline on third offer[LNB]One-club wonders: Sportsmail's guide to the top 15 players who only ever kissed a single badge[LNB]Look who Sir Alex has seen off in his time: The 923 bosses who have come and gone...[LNB]LIVERPOOL FC NEWS FRON ACROSS THE WEB[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
