Liverpool ligger närmast till hands för Brad Friedel, som blir free agent efter säsongen. Aston Villa vill gärna ha kvar amerikanen, samtidigt som WBA och Spurs också är väldigt angelägna om att rekrytera honom (Skysports.com).

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Nyckelspelaren Pepe Reina har deklarerat att han blir kvar i Liverpool, skriver The Independent. Detta sedan spanjoren haft ett framtidssnack med Damien Comolli.

”In recent weeks I believe we are going in the right direction and we have to keep it like that,” sa Reina, som även hade en liten pratstund med John W Henry efter gårdagens förlust mot Spurs.

”Next season it will be more positive and the quicker we react and improve the better it will be for the club,” fortsatte Reina.

”It won’t change as quickly as night follows day, it may take a little while, but we are optimistic.

”I think the owners are preparing a big summer and hopefully we are going to be right in there with transfers and those players who are coming in will help us to improve the squad.

”I have been talking to Comolli as well, asking about the future, and I believe in this club and the project.

”In December and January I think most of the people, not just us players, were doubting we were good enough.

”I never felt I had to leave because I wanted to believe in the project but the situation was not nice and the mood around the place was not good.

”Fortunately that is not the case any more and we are prepared to take the next step forward and that is where we have to look now.

”It is not about the past, it is about the bright future we have in front of us.

”I am happy here and my family really wanted to stay because we are happy.”