Liverpool is reportedly ready to cash in on Raul Meireles, as Kenny Dalglish looks to reshape his new Kop regime.
The former Porto midfielder enjoyed a promising debut season at Anfield, winning the PFA Fans' Player of the Year, but now it seems he may be surplus to requirements just a year after joining the Reds.
Roy Hodgson paid £11million for the Portuguese international at the start of last season, and the 28-year-old still thrived under Dalglish in a second striker role after Hodgson was sacked in January.
But with the Scotsman seemingly focused on domestic recruitment this summer, reports for The National are claiming he’s willing to sacrifice Meireles, presumably to raise funds for the purchases of Aston Villa’s Stewart Downing and Ipswich striker Connor Wickham.
Juventus are already said to have offered the Reds Felipe Melo in exchange for the tattooed Kop midfielder, but Dalglish rejected the idea of a swap, and instead quoted the Italians a straight £13.5million.
With Jordan Henderson already signed for a whopping £16million, the Anfield giants are well stocked in the central midfielder department, so Meireles may well represent a high-value disposable commodity for the Merseysiders.
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