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Benitez balks at fee for ageing Figo
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-12 09:02 Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez
believes Peter Crouch will join the European champions but admits Luis Figo is
becoming less likely to follow suit.
Crouch could join from Southampton
before the end of the week, but hopes are fading that a deal for former FIFA
World Player of the Year Figo could be achieved.
 Manager Benitez is waiting for the final details of new midfielder
Mohamed Sissoko's medical to be completed before finalising his ￡5.6m move from
Valencia.
Benitez, whose side begin the defence of their Champions League title against
Welsh minnows TNS on Wednesday, also wants to sign another central defender and
a right-sided midfielder.
But the chase for Southampton and England striker Crouch seems to be nearing
a conclusion.
Benitez said: 'Our chief executive Rick Parry is in contact with Southampton.
Crouch is a player I like and I would hope that the final talking will be over
as soon as possible.'
Liverpool have had a couple of bids for Crouch rejected, with Southampton
believed to be holding out for ￡8million.
That is more than Liverpool have offered, but it seems now that a compromise
of around ￡7million will be negotiated for a player thought keen to move to
Anfield.
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