Liverpool are understood to have sounded out Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho in case Rafael Benitez leaves Anfield.
Well that's what the back pages of the British tabloids reckon, with The Sun quoting a Liverpool insider as follows:
"The Americans had read Mourinho was interested in returning to the Premier League and wanted to know if he meant it.
"But it wasn't a firm approach or a job offer. It was more a case of testing the water in case Rafa did decide to walk out."
Okay, it makes sense. Benitez's relationship with "the Americans" (co-chairmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett) has been fractious at best, and all parties have been stalling over signing a new contract and securing the future of the Spaniard's assistants.
However, the decision of Liverpool to part ways with chief executive Rick Parry implies that Benitez has won his war to gain full control over transfers and development, and that he will now sign a deal to stay at the club for four more years.
And even if he does yearn for a return to England, why would Mourinho move to Liverpool from Inter with the Italians the dominant force in domestic football and one creative midfielder short of a Champions League-winning side?
Well that's what the back pages of the British tabloids reckon, with The Sun quoting a Liverpool insider as follows:
"The Americans had read Mourinho was interested in returning to the Premier League and wanted to know if he meant it.
"But it wasn't a firm approach or a job offer. It was more a case of testing the water in case Rafa did decide to walk out."
Okay, it makes sense. Benitez's relationship with "the Americans" (co-chairmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett) has been fractious at best, and all parties have been stalling over signing a new contract and securing the future of the Spaniard's assistants.
However, the decision of Liverpool to part ways with chief executive Rick Parry implies that Benitez has won his war to gain full control over transfers and development, and that he will now sign a deal to stay at the club for four more years.
And even if he does yearn for a return to England, why would Mourinho move to Liverpool from Inter with the Italians the dominant force in domestic football and one creative midfielder short of a Champions League-winning side?
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