By Charlie Caroe
Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal has emerged as a summer transfer target for Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. Abidal, 28, who moved to the Catalan capital last summer after four seasons with French side Lyon, is likely to attract a bid of £8 million to take him to Merseyside.
Representatives of Liverpool were reported to be in attendance on Sunday to watch the player as Barcelona overpowered Valencia in a 6-0 win.
The French defender, who has won 32 caps for his country, is seen as a replacement for John Arne Riise who has been at Anfield since the summer of 2001.
The Norwegian has just twelve months left on his current contract, but looks to be on his way out of the club.
Riise, meanwhile, has revealed his anger at being kept in the dark after he learnt that he was offered to Aston Villa as part of Benitez's bid for England midfielder Gareth Barry.
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He told the Mirror: "I feel that I could have heard something since I've been here for seven years, won everything we have won and played all the time."
Another potential destination for Riise is Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth, who are also known to be interested in taking Riise's team-mate Peter Crouch back to Fratton Park.
The England striker is being lured by the prosect of a £75,000-per-week, four-year deal, as the FA Cup finalists are willing to pay £8 million for the player.
Crouch would be in his second spell at the club after spending the 2001-2002 season at Portsmouth when he scored 18 goals from 37 starts in Division One (now the Championship), before moving to Aston Villa.
Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal has emerged as a summer transfer target for Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. Abidal, 28, who moved to the Catalan capital last summer after four seasons with French side Lyon, is likely to attract a bid of £8 million to take him to Merseyside.
Representatives of Liverpool were reported to be in attendance on Sunday to watch the player as Barcelona overpowered Valencia in a 6-0 win.
The French defender, who has won 32 caps for his country, is seen as a replacement for John Arne Riise who has been at Anfield since the summer of 2001.
The Norwegian has just twelve months left on his current contract, but looks to be on his way out of the club.
Riise, meanwhile, has revealed his anger at being kept in the dark after he learnt that he was offered to Aston Villa as part of Benitez's bid for England midfielder Gareth Barry.
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He told the Mirror: "I feel that I could have heard something since I've been here for seven years, won everything we have won and played all the time."
Another potential destination for Riise is Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth, who are also known to be interested in taking Riise's team-mate Peter Crouch back to Fratton Park.
The England striker is being lured by the prosect of a £75,000-per-week, four-year deal, as the FA Cup finalists are willing to pay £8 million for the player.
Crouch would be in his second spell at the club after spending the 2001-2002 season at Portsmouth when he scored 18 goals from 37 starts in Division One (now the Championship), before moving to Aston Villa.
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