RAFA: WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DAVID VILLA.

It has been reported this week that Benitez will try to land the Spanish striker during the January transfer window, and that he'll allow Peter Crouch to leave the club to generate the necessary transfer funds.

But the Liverpool manager has today insisted both stories are untrue and has declared he has no interest in bringing Villa to Anfield.

He said: "I have seen the stories in the press saying that we need to sell Crouch to raise the money to sign Villa. I can tell you now we are not interested in Villa.

"I think he is a fantastic player but at this moment we are not thinking about signing him and that means we are not thinking about selling Crouch."


louis' comments..

i guess it's normal to have such transfer speculation when the transfer windows starts. it've been this case for all the years before.

as for david villa, i think he's a great player. pacey and he scores goals. that's the most important thing for a striker. however, i guess we need to spend quite a sum to bring him over to anfield. i would not encourage us to spend so much on just one player. we are no-chelsea. besides, there's another worry, im afraid villa may be another morienties.? he's a spanish and has been playing in spain all the while. for him to change over? it's hard. after all, it's just speculation and rafa benitez has dismissed it.

crouch? he's a good and useful player for us. come on peter..i guess i don't need to comment much on him. let him do the talking on the pitch..

you'll never walk alone.

cheers.