Masch wants loan decision
11 Nov 2007 - 12:32:02
On-loan midfielder Javier Mascherano wants Liverpool to tell him within the next month whether they intend to sign him on a permanent basis.
The Argentina international is midway through an 18-month loan stay at Anfield after joining the Reds from West Ham United last January.
The 23-year-old is keen to stay on Merseyside after becoming an integral part of manager Rafael Benitez's plans, but hopes to hear where his long-term future lies before December.
"I want to stay with Liverpool and I have told everyone in the club I want to stay, but what the club wants to do is not my decision to make," he told the Sunday Mirror.
"I'd like Liverpool to tell me what their plans are in the next month because, obviously, I want to know what will be happening to me as soon as possible.
"I am calm and relaxed about it. From my point of view it is simple - I want to play for Liverpool, I want to sign a permanent deal.
"I have told Rafa Benitez this and he has told me he wants to keep me.
"Now the club must talk to my owners about a fee or tell me that they don't want me."