Rafa coy on exit rumours

Benitez refuses to be drawn on Liverpool future

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Rafa coy on exit rumours

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Rafa Benitez has delivered another guarded press conference ahead of Liverpool's crucial UEFA Champions League clash against Porto on Wednesday.

The Spanish tactician has been caught in a media storm over the past week following a spat with the club's owners over transfer policy at Anfield.

It has been reported that Benitez is working on borrowed time at Liverpool after he voiced his misgivings concerning owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett's unwillingness to sanction transfer activity before they arrive on Merseyside for the clash with Manchester United on 16th December.

Unsurprisingly, it was the face-off between Benitez and his paymasters that occupied the thoughts of the media present, but he is remaining steadfastly tight-lipped over his future.

Tight-lipped

"Before you start asking, for all the media here as Liverpool football club's manager, I know this is the most important thing for the club," he told Sky Sports News.

"I will talk of Porto.

"I am sure that we will win and I am sure that we will play well so I am always thinking of winning the next game. And then I will think to win against Bolton.

"No distractions. We are thinking of Porto and nothing else.

"You can ask but I will talk only of Porto," he answered, when quizzed on whether he had met with chief executive Rick Parry.

"We will be thinking about Porto. We were talking because we talk a lot of the time but we were talking about Porto. The game."