Benitez to discuss Anfield future

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez heads into a meeting with new chairman Martin Broughton this week which could well decide his future at the club.

A 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in their final home Premier League match of the season finally put paid to hopes of securing Champions League football next season, the first time they had missed out on Europe’s elite club competition since they finished fifth in 2002-03.