Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is willing to hear offers for defender Sebastian Coates, after concluding that his main task in the pre-season is to strengthen the team’s defence at both first team and squad level.
Events surrounding Luis Suarez mean he might also have to think about attack, but sources at the club say the priority is to improve on last season’s Premier League finish and the obvious weakness was in defence.
The 22-year-old Uruguayan is popular in the dressing room, but has struggled to win a place in a defence that has already been judged to be insufficient. The rapid signing of Kolo Toure was the first step in the strengthening policy and the same sources say that more strengthening in this area is certain.
Coates made 12 appearances last season and Rodgers has said he will sit down with the defender pre-season “and take it from there.” but the decision has been made that any reasonable offer will be accepted.
Coates joined Liverpool from Nacional in 2011 for a fee believed to be £7 million.
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