Benitez has made no secret of his desire to sign the Real Madrid striker and the player himself has admitted that he'd like to join the Reds.
But confusion now surrounds any apparent deal after new Real Madrid boss Wanderley Luxemburgo insisted he does not want to sell Morientes to a 'rival club' like Liverpool.
With today being a public holiday in Spain Benitez has nothing new to report but did not appear to be too worried when Liverpoolfc.tv caught up with him this afternoon.
He says: "Today is a holiday in Spain so nothing new is going to happen. He (Morientes) has said that he wants to play for Liverpool though and for a Real Madrid player to say that means we must be a good club.
"It is still a possibility but we will know more in two or three days. We also have other options and they (Real) know that. It's best not to mention names in the press though because the players concerned will then end up being more expensive."
you have to admire the man, he really does know what he is doing and we are all guilty, myself included, of being frustrated and questioning some of his actions! hes not gonna be held to ransom over morientes he knows and apparently real know that there is more strikers out there that he has his eye on! but he never says who they are cos the price will only go up when the papers start to speculate!
it was the same during the summer when it looked like we were signing nobody, and only josemi was in, we all started to scratch our heads and think what was going on, then bang, alonso and garcia two great players signed at reasonable prices for their respective quality!
very interested to see who he has up his sleeve!
was also every interesting to read what he had to say about pellegrino, he admitted to what we were all moaning about, no pace, but says he signed him cos his positional awareness is the best in the business!
rafa's a class act
