Benitez reluctant to leave Liverpool without a pay-off

• zocoss

  21 Apr 10, 17:38

  JUVE EXTEND RAFA DEADLINE - REPORT

  

   

  Juventus have given Rafa benitez until the end of the season to decide on the manager's job, according to the Daily Mirror. 

  They claim the new president of FIAT and heir to the Agnelli fortune - which includes Juventus - has personally intervened to give Benitez more time to decide. 

  John Elkann apparently believes the deal is so close that he has instructed Carlo Sant'Albano, his director on the Juventus board, to extend the original deadline. 

  According to the Daily Mirror: 'The Italian club have offered the Spaniard a four-year deal and £175m to invest in the transfer market with the promised signings of Javier Mascherano and Edin Dzeko.' 

  But there are two obstacles to a deal - Benitez's reluctance to leave Liverpool without a pay-off, and the lack of Champions League football at Juventus.

• Poignant

  21 Apr 10, 21:57

  i strongly dont think this is the case.

  rafael wants to be a 'sir alex' or 'wenger' of liverpool, he wants to stay for long and try to strive a name out for himself.

  but sadly, it seem that he just cant get the job done, yet.

• fudgester

  21 Apr 10, 22:01

  But there are two obstacles to a deal - Benitez's reluctance to leave Liverpool without a pay-off, and the lack of Champions League football at Juventus.

  Well, it's not as though he's gonna really get Champions League football next season with Liverpool..... 

  Okay, the chance is still there, provided both Spurs and Man City screw up big time.