Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to send Andy Carroll back to Newcastle - in a swap deal involving Hatem Ben Arfa.
France international Ben Arfa and is one of three attacking midfield players Rodgers is looking at as potential summer recruits for the Reds.
Tentative contact has been made over the prospect of a possible trade that would see Carroll returning to the hometown club he left for a record-breaking £35million in January 2011 in exchange for brilliant but brittle Ben Arfa.
Newcastle are now seriously considering a bid for the England international, in an attempt to engineer what would be a popular homecoming.
The alternative for Carroll, whose season-long loan deal with West Ham ends next month, is a role as a fringe player at Anfield next season.
But, ideally, Rodgers wants to recoup the £17million option the Hammers held on the player.
The Mirror understands relations between Liverpool and Newcastle have thawed dramatically since last summer, when there was a major bust-up between Rodgers and counterpart Alan Pardew following a loan bid for Carroll.
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