Rafa explains Whitbread loan move

Last updated : 29 November 2005 By Al Campbell
Whitbread completed his loan move last week and played in Millwall's 1-0 defeat to Leeds at the weekend. Rafa Benitez says the move will be beneficial to Whitbread's development as a player and that more of Liverpool's youngsters could follow him out on loan.

"I think it will be good for him to be playing every week. It was a problem, because the defenders we have here have been playing very well at the moments there wasn't many opportunities for him. He's a young player and needs to play in order to get more experience," says Benitez.
 
"It's the same for all the young players. They need to be playing as much as possible but we will have to wait and see before deciding if any more will be going out on loan. There's a busy period of games coming up and we need to analyse each individual situation."