Liverpool full-back Fabio Aurelio is keen to start talks on a new contract at Anfield.
The 30-year-old Brazilian, who signed for the Reds on a free transfer from Valencia in 2006, has a current deal that is due to expire next summer, but he wants to extend his stay on Merseyside.
Aurelio has made 92 appearances for Liverpool since his move three years ago, and is hoping he can finally get a run of first-team starts together after a series of injuries have hampered his progress in recent seasons.
"We had started talking before the end of last season but then I picked up the injury in the summer and since then there has not been any more contact," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"I just want to play at the minute before I think about anything else and we will see how everything goes from there.
"Every season I have felt more and more comfortable here and I have many good team-mates - this feels as if it is my home.
"I feel very comfortable and my family is very settled here but I know that it all depends on what the manager and the club thinks about me.
"I enjoy the city and the life that I have here and that is why it has felt like the time that I have been here has gone so fast.
"I'm really enjoying it; when you are settled and you are comfortable, that is all you want and that is why I would like to stay here if I can."
Liverpool will be looking to kick-start their Premier League campaign when they travel to the Stadium of Light on Saturday to face in-form Sunderland.
The 30-year-old Brazilian, who signed for the Reds on a free transfer from Valencia in 2006, has a current deal that is due to expire next summer, but he wants to extend his stay on Merseyside.
Aurelio has made 92 appearances for Liverpool since his move three years ago, and is hoping he can finally get a run of first-team starts together after a series of injuries have hampered his progress in recent seasons.
"We had started talking before the end of last season but then I picked up the injury in the summer and since then there has not been any more contact," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"I just want to play at the minute before I think about anything else and we will see how everything goes from there.
"Every season I have felt more and more comfortable here and I have many good team-mates - this feels as if it is my home.
"I feel very comfortable and my family is very settled here but I know that it all depends on what the manager and the club thinks about me.
"I enjoy the city and the life that I have here and that is why it has felt like the time that I have been here has gone so fast.
"I'm really enjoying it; when you are settled and you are comfortable, that is all you want and that is why I would like to stay here if I can."
Liverpool will be looking to kick-start their Premier League campaign when they travel to the Stadium of Light on Saturday to face in-form Sunderland.
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