Stopper Reina lowers Reds' targets

27 May 2010 09:02
Jose Reina thinks Liverpool will have to forget any thoughts of again becoming a force if the club's co-owners do not sell in the near future.[LNB] The Spain goalkeeper is currently preparing for the World Cup, but his club's terrible campaign in 2009/10 is still weighing heavily on his mind.[LNB]Liverpool failed to qualify for next season's Champions League following a succession of on and off-field problems, which only served to increase hostility towards controversial co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.[LNB]The American duo have since placed the Reds up for sale, but they are not prepared to accept any cut-price deal - and Reina fears that could mean that football targets have to be adjusted.[LNB]"As long as we build a competitive squad we do not have to fear anybody," said the shot-stopper, who has committed his long-term future to Anfield, in the Daily Telegraph. [LNB]"But it is looking like we will not yet. We have to be less optimistic than the last few years and get ready for setting another kind of target. [LNB]"(The owners) have to move quickly and anything that happens has to be right now."

Source: Team_Talk