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Tue 04 Apr 2007Benitez to get over £40m in transfer funds from new ownersRafael Benitez is to receive unprecedented backing in the transfer market at the end of the season, with Liverpool's new American owners telling their manager that they intend to bankroll a summer of spending as they seek to make an immediate impact on their adopted sport, reports Dominic Fifield.While George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who completed their takeover of the Merseyside club last month, have already stressed that they will not match the lavish spending of Roman Abramovich following the Russian oligarch's purchase of Chelsea, they have effectively informed Benitez that money is not an issue in terms of his close-season plans, granting him more financial clout than any previous Liverpool manager. The Americans are already committed to spending some £270 million on a new stadium in Stanley Park, which is due to be completed in late 2008.