Rafa calls for swift action on transfers and drops hint on boardroom battle

RAFAEL BENITEZ has made it clear that he wants Liverpool’s owners to “work quickly” in the transfer market as he plans for a summer of upheaval at Anfield.

And the Liverpool boss also claimed that a “final solution” was close in the battle for boardroom control.

Benitez’s stance came on the day that he lost first-team coach Alex Miller to a managerial job in Japan, slapped a £15m (€20m) price tag on Peter Crouch and confirmed that Harry Kewell would be released at the end of the season after rejecting a new contract on less money.