Liverpool 'shambles' dismays Saint

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Chief executive Rick Parry has said he intends to hold clear-the-air-talks with manager Rafael Benitez after the latest twist in the boardroom saga.

Former striker St John told BBC Radio Five Live: "It is a real shambles. When you think about it, has it ever worked having two people running a football club?"

Benitez has expressed his disappointment at co-chairman Tom Hicks' revelation Parry had been present at the club owners' infamous meeting with Jurgen Klinsmann last year.

It had been thought only Hicks, his now estranged business partner Tom Gillett and their sons had been present as they sounded out former Germany striker Klinsmann as an "insurance policy" should Benitez leave.

St John added: "One guy at the helm, fine - he carries the can. You can't have two people doing it because if they have a disagreement what is going to happen?

"And you have Rick Parry who is supposed to be the liaison between them and Rafa and then Rafa finds out, 'Hang on, he's hiding things from me'.

"I was amazed to tell the truth. I thought, like everyone else, the Americans had done it over there with Klinsmann and that was it.

"But when we heard that Rick Parry was over there. Rafa must feel right out on a limb here. Where is he going to get any support from?"