Javier Mascherano is to become a permanent signing before the transfer window expires on Tuesday.
His comments come after Mohamed Sissoko switched to Juventus for £8.2million, giving the Reds the money to finance the deal.
Mascherano - whose loan switch to Anfield from West Ham began last January and is due to end in the summer - has third-party ownership and the Premier League will have a new rule in place soon to outlaw such agreements.
But with Sissoko's departure, Liverpool have the funds to make a sizeable down-payment on the midfield player who is valued at £17million by his owners, MSI group.Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks agreed to the outlay this week and Benitez wants to tie-up the transfer as quickly as possible to ward off other clubs.
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