Director of the Liverpool Football,
Damien Comolli insists that Liverpool don't want to sell
Raul Meireles. Meireles himself was the one who asks to be sold.
As reported previously, Meireles pointed out that
The Red has broken a promise to him and claimed that he was forced to request the transfer. In the end, before the summer transfer window closes, the Portuguese player was then joined
Chelsea for a fee of up to 12 million pounds.
"Raul came to see me and said ‘I want to leave, I want to play for another club’," Comolli said.
"Our intention was not to sell him but we were put in a corner a little bit when he put in a transfer request and said he didn’t want to play for
Liverpool any more.
"I think the owners and Kenny have said it, and we all have the same view, when someone doesn’t want to be here it’s difficult to say 'you are going to stay'.
Comolli explained that the task of a manager in the
Premier League is very tough competition, because it must be able to manage 25 players and only lose 11 players during the match so it should be able to compromise with each other.
"We’ve been through that process in January with
Fernando Torres and this felt like the same situation. We’ve done it and we think it was the right thing to do for the club because it’s difficult to have somebody here who doesn’t want to be here.
“The job of the manager in the Premier League is already difficult having to manage 25 players and only having 11 to start on a match day.
"If you have someone who is adamant they don’t want to be here and wants to play for someone else, we took the view it’s better if he goes and we get the best possible deal for the club. In the end I think we did well." he added.
