Benitez planning ‘top-class’ signings

RAFAEL BENITEZ accepts that life will be easier for him in the transfer market under Liverpool’s new American owners.

But although he claims the club will never be the same again, he insists he does not feel any extra pressure working for owners who do not know his qualities and track record intimately.

And the Anfield chief believes the club is in for a major transformation following the midweek takeover by new co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks.