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Benitez non-committal on Anfield future

Rafa Benitez has been reluctant to make direct statements about his future
Rafa Benitez has been reluctant to make direct statements about his future

Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez has hinted he may leave the Anfield side if he feels the club does not have a long-term project to compete with Manchester United.

The Spaniard has been stalling for months on signing a new contract - his current deal runs out next year - but says he will decide where his future lies by the end of this month.

‘I must decide on my future in the next two weeks and I want a medium or long-term project,’ he told The Sun newspaper.

‘I don't want to be working from day to day always hanging on the latest result. I will work where I feel I can develop a project.’

However, having been linked with a return to Real, where he has served as assistant manager and youth team coach, Benitez admitted that his homeland was not necessarily the most attractive proposition.

‘What I want is hard to find in Spain. Long-term projects do not exist, not like they do in England.’

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