Also Cologne and Hamburg are apparently chasing Liverpool attacker Milan Jovanovic, which has been put on the transfer list for January at with a £3m price tag.
It has otherwise been a quiet day when it comes to rumors about people coming in, but a few has surfaced.
The first one about an old, but oh so familiar name...
Reports in Spain today claim that Liverpool's new owners are considering offering Rafa Benitez an escape route from the San Siro back to Anfield, according to KopTalk.
Benitez is unhappy that he has been unable to strengthen his squad and he's indicated that he will leave the club if Inter do not deliver on promises that were made in the summer.
Speaking afer Inter were crowned World Champions, Benitez said:
- There are three possibilities. One, 100 percent support for the coach and buy four or five players to build a stronger team with competition among the players to be able to carry on winning matches and trophies.
- Two, carry on like this without a project, without planning and go ahead with one person to blame, for the whole season getting to May this way.
- The third is to speak to my agent, reach an agreement if there is not this support. Simple.
These are comments that did not fall well with Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti, who has criticised the comments made by Rafa, BBC reports.
Koptalk say it has been claimed that John Henry and Tom Werner have drawn up a list of possible replacements and that Benitez is on that list. However, KOPTALK sources exclusively revealed some time ago that André Villas-Boas, the FC Porto manager, was the leading candidate at that time. Other have since latched on to that claim.
Truth be told, as things stand, we can't see a Liverpool return for Benitez but what is positive is that the owners are thinking from themselves and not just listening to members of the former regime who were responsible for axing Benitez and replacing him with Roy Hodgson, the KopTalk site claims.
KopTalk understand that Roy Hodgson will be given the bullet at the end of the season if not before.
The manager of the Merseyside club, Roy Hodgson, has for some time maintained that he needs to bolster his strike force, so as to give Fernando Torres some breathing space.
And now The People claims that the Reds are looking to take the 21-year-old former Manchester City starlet on loan, with a view to a £5 million permanent transfer during the summer.
Sturridge has not made a single league start at the west London club this term, and it is thought he could be receptive to a move away from Stamford Bridge to reignite his career.
But if the interest is to materialise in a January bid there will be competition for the player.
The People today report that Birmingham are willing to outbid Liverpool to land the player that is desperate for an escape route from White Hart Lane after making only two Premier League appearances this term.
And now Tottenham accept they will have to take a hit as they attempt to offload him.
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson wants to boost his Anfield squad but the club’s spending capacity is limited, and the Reds cannot offer anything higher than £6m for the winger.
That news will bring hope to Birmingham boss Alex McLeish if he can move early and line up a bid of about £8m.
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