Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is quietly confident Chelsea will meet his asking price for Yossi Benayoun.

The Mirror says Benitez looks likely to claim a small victory way in the coming weeks after Liverpool moved closer to selling Benayoun to Chelsea for a fee of around £6million.

The transfer could be completed within the next week, with Benitez keen to get rid of the Israeli international after falling out with him, and dropping the winger from his squad for the final game of last season.