Liverpool face taking a £7million hit on Jermaine Pennant as the winger refuses to swap Anfield for a relegation battle.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is furious after being told that the former Arsenal and Birmingham winger is not interested in a New Year move to Stoke or Blackburn.
Benitez was hoping to raise about £4m by selling Pennant to help fund his own plans for the transfer market.
Under the terms of the contract Pennant signed when he arrived at Anfield from Birmingham two years ago, he will become a free agent at the end of the season unless he makes 15 first-team appearances.
If Pennant reaches that number, Liverpool have the option of extending his contract by a further year.
But so far the 25-year-old has played in only four games and has been told by Benitez that he is surplus to requirements.
Both Stoke and Blackburn failed with attempts to buy Pennant in the summer.
That was despite Benitez warning the player that his first-team chances would be limited.
And the clubs' respective managers Tony Pulis and Paul Ince have been told not to bother trying to persuade the former Arsenal winger to change his mind in January.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is furious after being told that the former Arsenal and Birmingham winger is not interested in a New Year move to Stoke or Blackburn.
Benitez was hoping to raise about £4m by selling Pennant to help fund his own plans for the transfer market.
Under the terms of the contract Pennant signed when he arrived at Anfield from Birmingham two years ago, he will become a free agent at the end of the season unless he makes 15 first-team appearances.
If Pennant reaches that number, Liverpool have the option of extending his contract by a further year.
But so far the 25-year-old has played in only four games and has been told by Benitez that he is surplus to requirements.
Both Stoke and Blackburn failed with attempts to buy Pennant in the summer.
That was despite Benitez warning the player that his first-team chances would be limited.
And the clubs' respective managers Tony Pulis and Paul Ince have been told not to bother trying to persuade the former Arsenal winger to change his mind in January.
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