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If we are interested in him(and get him) I can't see Morientes leaving.

 

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12 April 2006

EXCLUSIVE: RAFA WANTS TO BE REUNITED WITH RAUL

By Martin Lipton

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez wants Real Madrid's Raul to spearhead a new-look forward line next season.

 

But he will refuse to become involved in any bidding war as he believes the Spanish club will let their only home-grown "galactico" leave for nothing.

 

Benitez is likely to off-load Djibril Cisse, Fernando Morientes and Robbie Fowler in the summer, keeping just Peter Crouch of his current attacking quartet.

 

And Raul, who Benitez has known since his spell in charge of the Real Madrid B team in the mid-1990s, is the man the Anfield boss believes can bring an extra dimension to his side.

 

The Spain international has become a huge favourite with the fans in his 12 years at the Bernabeu and his 51 goals in the Champions League have made him the leading scorer in competition's history.

 

But Real are prepared to let him go, along with other big names, because new club president Fernando Martin feels he needs to signal a fresh beginning.

 

 

 

The striker, who turns 29 this summer, is the first name on the potential hit-list under a "deep renovation" policy drafted by the new regime.

 

 

Real's biggest problem in getting rid of Raul is his £112,000-a-week wages, which few clubs could afford, particularly if they had to pay a hefty transfer fee for a player believed to be passed his peak.

 

 

But a source close to Benitez said: "Rafa hasn't the cash to pay silly money for Raul and if he makes any sort of move now then it will become unfeasible.

 

 

"But it does seem Real may be looking to change, with Martin thinking the club can't go forward unless it takes some major steps.

 

 

"And if that means they're ready to let him go for nothing or a nominal fee, as a mark of respect, to clear the way for new players, Rafa could be able to entice him to Liverpool."

 

 

Raul faces an uncertain future in Madrid, with the club having signed three strikers - Brazilians Robinho and Julio Baptista and Italian Antonio Cassano - in the past year.

 

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