Liverpool FC are hoping for a lot less injuries next season. The Reds are hoping that the recruitment of Dr Peter Brukner, their new Head of Sports Medicine and Sport Science, will reduce the amount of time their players spend in the treatment room. "The players will notice an immediate difference come the start of the 2010-11 season," said Dr Brukner, who is going to South Africa with the Australian World Cup squad. "Liverpool's set-up is already the equal of any Premier League club. I want to now take it to the next level and make it the benchmark in world football for sports medicine and sports science. I'm quite confident we'll do that. "Our plan is for the players to do a 15-minute session before they start training. This will be purely on injury prevention - working on hamstrings, groins, thighs, calves and so on. "The other thing we'll be doing more of is monitoring their general well-being, their general health and their workload. "There's a lot of GPS systems now and they're not just for cars. It'll be like having a sat nav on every player! We'll be able to modify their programmes depending on how

Rafa Benitez insists he will stay at Liverpool - if he has the full support of everyone at Anfield.

The Reds boss suspects some figures at the club are not behind him and may even be briefing against him.

He has cryptically referred to negative stories about him attributed to what he calls "senior sources" at Liverpool, such as claims that unsettled stars Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are more likely to leave if he stays.

Benitez has been on the defensive again over claims that he has been offered a £5million signing-on bonus, £4million-a-year salary and a mansion on Dubai's exclusive Palm Island to manage the UAE.

However, he hinted it may not be possible for him to stay if he does not receive the support in the boardroom and in the transfer market that he wants.