Board question Benitez
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Rafa Benitez's position at Liverpool is under pressure after a board member reportedly expressed concerns over the direction the club is being taken by the Spaniard.
The Mirror says directors are already giving up hope of ending the championship drought that has already lasted 16 seasons.
And one influential figure on the six-man board revealed that Benitez's leadership of the team was being questioned.
"We have paid too many inflated prices and inflated wages for players who are not doing the job," said the director, who is concerned for the future of the club but wants to remain anonymous to avoid a boardroom split.
"When it comes to any manager, the view of the board has always been to let them get on with it. We do not believe in interfering.
"But the day will come when we may not be that way inclined any more. We have always been very respectful of any manager we appoint. The view has always been the same one, the right one - that the manager must stand or fall by his efforts.
"But one thing that we can't hide is that we have to be in the Champions League every season and if we do not qualify it will be a major problem.
"The budget we have set up is still in balance if we do not get into the Champions League. But if we are to make investment in the team we are talking about £20m of income we need to have every season."
Criticism of Benitez - who still has the backing of chairman David Moores - was aimed at his constant team changing and the lack of any pattern or passion in last weekend's Old Trafford defeat.
"We were looking to do something in the league. We thought it would be this year and it's not going to happen now.
"Normally, by the time you get to October, you'd expect the manager to know his best team and stick with it but there are no signs of that happening now. I don't think he could tell you what his best team is."
The Mirror says directors are already giving up hope of ending the championship drought that has already lasted 16 seasons.
And one influential figure on the six-man board revealed that Benitez's leadership of the team was being questioned.
"We have paid too many inflated prices and inflated wages for players who are not doing the job," said the director, who is concerned for the future of the club but wants to remain anonymous to avoid a boardroom split.
"When it comes to any manager, the view of the board has always been to let them get on with it. We do not believe in interfering.
"But the day will come when we may not be that way inclined any more. We have always been very respectful of any manager we appoint. The view has always been the same one, the right one - that the manager must stand or fall by his efforts.
"But one thing that we can't hide is that we have to be in the Champions League every season and if we do not qualify it will be a major problem.
"The budget we have set up is still in balance if we do not get into the Champions League. But if we are to make investment in the team we are talking about £20m of income we need to have every season."
Criticism of Benitez - who still has the backing of chairman David Moores - was aimed at his constant team changing and the lack of any pattern or passion in last weekend's Old Trafford defeat.
"We were looking to do something in the league. We thought it would be this year and it's not going to happen now.
"Normally, by the time you get to October, you'd expect the manager to know his best team and stick with it but there are no signs of that happening now. I don't think he could tell you what his best team is."
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