The Daily Mail says Benitez would like a deal that would see Roman Pavlyuchenko join Liverpool and Ryan Babel join Spurs.
Benitez has reportedly been a long-time admirer of the Russian striker, who has insisted he would like to leave White Hart Lane.
“We are not happy about his situation at Tottenham,” Pavlyuchenko’s agent Oleg Artemov said earlier this week.
“So we’ll do everything to ensure he can change club in January. There were contacts with Roma, but for now only by telephone. Spartak Moscow, Arsenal and Zenit St Petersburg are also interested in the player – anything can happen.”
