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September 07, 2006
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits he's no fan of how West Ham managed to sign Argie duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
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</NOSCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The duo were moved from Corinthians to the Hammers by the Media Sports Investment group.
Although Benitez is keeping his thoughts on that case private, he believes it would be bad for football if such transfers became the norm.
"The FIFA rules are clear. It's the clubs who own the players. Maybe it's difficult to control, but everyone knows this," Benitez told the Daily Post.
"When you try to sign a player now, it's difficult to know if they're the player of a company or whether the club control the situation.
"Nowadays, football seems to be under the control of a lot of agents. When I was younger, football was all about the players and the club.
"Some of the agents are good and some are not so good. Maybe the answer is more players realising they must think for themselves."
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits he's no fan of how West Ham managed to sign Argie duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
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<NOSCRIPT>Although Benitez is keeping his thoughts on that case private, he believes it would be bad for football if such transfers became the norm.
"The FIFA rules are clear. It's the clubs who own the players. Maybe it's difficult to control, but everyone knows this," Benitez told the Daily Post.
"When you try to sign a player now, it's difficult to know if they're the player of a company or whether the club control the situation.
"Nowadays, football seems to be under the control of a lot of agents. When I was younger, football was all about the players and the club.
"Some of the agents are good and some are not so good. Maybe the answer is more players realising they must think for themselves."
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