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Rafa to carry on rotating

15 Aug 2007 - 08:52:27

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Rafa Benitez says he will continue to adopt a rotation policy with his Liverpool squad, as they prepare for their Champions League third qualifying round first leg clash with Toulouse.

Press reports have suggested that striker Peter Crouch is already unsettled by being left out of the squad for the 2-1 win at Aston Villa, but Benitez has pledged to stick to his guns.

He told reporters: "Sadly, I've been unable to persuade FIFA, UEFA and the Premier League to allow me to use 12 players in every game.

"I can only use 11 and I cannot have more than 18 players in a squad for a European match, unfortunately.

"I hear I have problems with Crouch, with (Jermaine) Pennant, but there are no problems.

"Now we have the quality we need and I hope nothing negative will happen to change the situation.

"The problem we have now is that we have too many players, but that is exactly the problem we want.

"It could be that agents might try to influence their players to agitate if they are not playing, but I will not be worried about them.

"We are professional and the players need to be ready at all times."