Alberto Aquilani Open to Liverpool Return

Italian international is not averse to an Anfield return.

Midfielder Alberto Aquilani is willing to return to Liverpool at the end of the season if Juventus do not want to sign him on a permanent deal. The 26-year-old is on a season-long loan with Juve, having failed to impress in his first season at Anfield after joining from Roma. Juventus do have the option to purchase Aquilani at the end of the current campaign, but if they do not exercise it, he is happy to go back to Anfield. He told Gazzetta dello Sport: “The future? I’m at Juve, but I don’t know what will happen. “I’m on loan and if I’m not retained I’d go back to Liverpool in the best league in the world. We’ll see.”

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Clearly the Liverpool of today is a vastly different to the one that Alberto Aquilani joined over 18 months ago and as such a move back to Merseyside is clearly an option he will consider. Juventus has benefited from a return to form by the Italian international but the Turin side is not willing to pay the asking price and there is no pressure on the Anfield side to sell for less.

Life under Kenny Dalglish and new owners appears to be going fairly well and whilst clearly Fernando Torres felt the need to leave it seems the rest of the squad is happy to stay at the club as they embark on a new era. The arrivals of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll add quality up front and the likes of Raul Meireles and Lucas have shown big improvements in form.

Aquilani is a quality player and the fact that he was injured when Rafa Benitez first brought him to Liverpool was always going to be play against the former Roma man but now fighting fit the 26 year old midfielder is back in the national team set-up and could well be a useful player to have back at the Premier League club.

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Liverpool to Offer Alberto Aquilani in Wise £10m Inter Milan Swap Deal

Anfield outfit consider using one Italian to land another.

Liverpool will reportedly attempt to land Inter Milan left back Davide Santon by offering Alberto Aquilani in return for the talented young Italian international. Anfield director of football has identified the young San Siro full back as an ideal answer to what has become a problem position and believe that by offering a swap deal they may well persuade Nerazzurri boss Leonardo to sell.

Santon is considered one of the hottest prospects in Italian football but is finding it next to impossible to dislodge either Maicon or Christian Chivu who currently occupy the wide areas of the Inter Milan defence. The 20 year old has therefore been farmed out on loan to struggling Cesena.

Though Santon can operate on either flank Comolli would look to the attack minded Italian to ply his trade on the left as the right side of Liverpool’s defence seems covered with youngster Martin Kelly proving a very able customer and Glen Johnson also available in that position.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani is currently out on loan to Juventus but the Turin side are unwilling to come close to the valuation placed on the former Roma man and the Merseyside outfit are not willing to budge on price so will look instead to offer the proven Italian international in a swap deal to land Santon.

Leonardo may well be interested in such a deal as he seems likely to offload the likes of Sulley Muntari (on loan to Sunderland) whilst Dejan Stankovic and Esteban Cambiasso are both getting on in years and the signing of the 26 year old Liverpool man may represent a good bit of business for all parties concerned.

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Alberto Aquilani To Leave Liverpool And Stay At Juventus

On-loan Juventus midfielder Alberto Aquilani will not return to Liverpool at the end of the season and will stay at the Serie A club, according to his agent.

The 26-year-old joined the Reds in 2009 from Roma for £17million but had an injury-hit first season. The Italy international returned to Serie A last August and joined Juventus on a season-long loan. But Aquilani’s agent, Franco Zavaglia, has ruled out a return to the Premier League and admits Juventus are favourites to sign the playmaker, despite interest from Roma.

“Aquilani to Roma? That will be difficult,” Zavaglia told Italian broadcaster Radio Mana Mana. “

Juve has the priority and I don’t think they will let him escape. On 30 June, Juventus will be able to buy Aquilani and they should act now. They could sign him by making three to four delayed payments, a system which was established last summer. The agreement between Liverpool and Juventus is already there, it all depends on the willingness of Juventus. I think Aquilani will stay at Juventus and there will not be any obstacles.”

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