Part II: Tom Hicks 叫 Ben sir唔好再講任何野﹐ 做好自己教練既份內事!!!
LIVERPOOL co-owner Tom Hicks today ordered Rafa Benitez to "quit talking about new players and coach the players we have".
In an angry rebuke to the Reds boss who launched a cryptic attack on the club owners yesterday, Hicks made it clear the club will not even consider any demands from Benitez until mid-December at the earliest.
At yesterday’s weekly Melwood press conference, Benitez admitted he was frustrated with life at Anfield and continually told reporters that he wished only to concentrate on coaching and training his team.
His repeated comments have been taken as a thinly veiled attack on Hicks and George Gillett – who recently told Benitez to forget about transfers for the time being and to focus only on the players he already has at his disposal.
In an exclusive interview with the ECHO today, Dallas-based Hicks responded to Benitez’s comments by defending the level of financial support he has afforded the manager and insisting the time has come for the Spaniard to do his talking on the pitch.
He said: “After the Champions League final in Athens, Rafa made certain demands of us and we responded to those demands in the summer.
“We brought in some good players and spent more money than has ever been spent before at this club.
“We now have some crucial games coming up in the Premier League and the Champions League and we want to see if we can win these games with the players we have.
“This was the message we gave to Rafa recently and I think during the international break he must have grown a bit frustrated about this.
“We told him to concentrate on the games coming up and nothing else and I guess he didn’t like that.
“But, for the time being, we just need to be focused on what happens on the pitch.
“George and I will be over in mid-December and that is the time to talk about other issues. It is really time for Rafa to quit talking about new players and to coach the players we have.”
Sources close to the Americans admit they are concerned with the present climate but hope to see harmony in relations restored quickly.
一早已經覺得有問題﹐ 唔係點會無喇喇出篇聲明﹐ 但估唔到比想像中更加大鑊  |
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