Liverpool will soon offer midfielder Javier Mascherano a new long-term contract in order to prevent the Argentine international leaving for Barcelona, according to a report from The Times.
The new deal would apparently keep the player at Anfield until 2014. Preliminary talks are believed to have taken place between the Reds' hierarchy and the payer, with the club hopeful that the 25-year-old will sign the extension.
Mascherano's current contract expires in February 2012. It looked at one stage in the summer as if he was pondering an Anfield exit for Catalonia, though nothing materialised.
Now Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is hoping that the Argentine follows the example of Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Agger and Yossi Benayoun, who have all signed new contracts in the last year.
The new deal would apparently keep the player at Anfield until 2014. Preliminary talks are believed to have taken place between the Reds' hierarchy and the payer, with the club hopeful that the 25-year-old will sign the extension.
Mascherano's current contract expires in February 2012. It looked at one stage in the summer as if he was pondering an Anfield exit for Catalonia, though nothing materialised.
Now Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is hoping that the Argentine follows the example of Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Agger and Yossi Benayoun, who have all signed new contracts in the last year.
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