Liverpool are weighing up a summer move for Paris Saint-Germain's highly-rated defender Mamadou Sakho.
Sakho, 20, is a centre back but can also play on the left side of defence and has been touted as France's next big thing after making his debut in Les Blues' 2-1 win over England earlier this season.
And Kenny Dalglish has earmarked Sakho as a possible alternative to Gary Cahill, the Reds' main defensive target, should they be beaten to the Bolton stopper by Manchester City, according to the Mirror.
Cahill is rated at around £20million by Owen Coyle, and City's unrivalled spending power could prove too much for Liverpool to match. Sakho, however, would cost around half that.
Sakho's talks over a new contract with PSG have broken down and the versatile defender has been followed by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger since he impressed for France's Under 16 team in 2006.
Barcelona and both AC and Inter Milan have also been linked with a bid for Sakho.
Andy Carroll's blossoming partnership with Luis Suarez has not stopped Liverpool from considering a summer move for £15million rated Ipswich teenager Connor Wickham.
Liverpool are keen on recruiting a young forward to add to the depth in their squad and have identified Wickham, 18, as one possibility.
Wickham scored his eighth goal of the season in Ipswich's 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough on Tuesday. In January, Wickham agreed a two-year extension on his Ipswich contract to run to 2013 but earlier this month that was ripped up and replaced with a fresh deal which expires in 2014.
It is understood the contract includes an escape clause of £15m for 6ft 3in Wickham, who helped the England Under-17 side triumph in the European Championship last summer with the winning goal in the final against Spain.
Wickham has since broken into England's Under-21 squad. Liverpool are also interested in Paris St Germain centre-back Mamadou Sakho, 21.
Burried on the team sheet in a crowded Spurs midfield, 26-year-old Croatia international Niko Kranjcar has long been rumored to want out at White Hart Lane.
He's been linked with moves to numerous clubs including Liverpool and Werder Bremen, but according to the London Evening Standard, Kranjcar has told friends that moving to Liverpool this summer is his preferred option.
Kranjcar, though, is under contract with Tottenham for two more seasons.
Spurs are said to value Kranjcar at £6.5 million, though his value, per TransferMarkt.co.uk, is listed at £8.8 million. He can play either in a central or wide role in attacking midfield.
Jose Enrique is set to follow Andy Carroll from Newcastle to Liverpool after Reds legend Phil Thompson revealed a deal had been done for the full-back.
Enrique, 25, has been linked with several big European clubs after impressing for the Magpies but it appears Liverpool have won the race for the £15million-rated defender.
Thompson, a friend of Anfield manager Kenny Dalglish, told TV2 in Norway: "From what I've heard, yes the deal has been done and he will come to Liverpool.
"It'll be interesting because he's done very well. He had a difficult first season coming into the Premier League a couple of years ago but he really understands the game now.
"He's one of those full backs who is good going forward but he's also a good defender and I think that is the main thing."
Spaniard Enrique joined Newcastle for £6.3m from Villarreal in 2007 and signed a five-year deal.
Liverpool paid Newcastle £35m for England striker Andy Carroll in January.
With Spurs 2010-11 Champions League adventure looking likely to come to an end at the hands of Real Madrid, and with Manchester City maintaining the upper hand in the race for final English spot in next year's UCL, the powers that be at White Hart Lane are likely to be faced with the reality of reduced revenues.
Selling players may be their only recourse, and they have no more valuable asset than 21-year-old phenom Gareth Bale. Earlier this year, Bale was deemed completely untouchable, though Harry Redknapp recently softened his stance to "accept an £80 million super-bid."
Now, according to the Sunday Express, Spurs would consider bids of over £30 million, and both Manchester United and Liverpool are interested. Bale joined Spurs in 2007 when Damien Comolli, current director of football at Anfield, held that same post at White Hart Lane.
The Reds are widely believed to be looking to add width in the summer, and there may be few players in the world as capable in that regard as Bale. The Wales international, however, did recently sign a new deal with Spurs that would keep him under contract until 2015.
Liverpool have made contact with Fiorentina over a move for Juan Manuel Vargas, according to reports.
Press speculation in Italy goes on to claim the Reds have taken an offer in the region of £11.5 million to the table of the Serie 'A' side, although the Viola are thought to want more from Liverpool for the player.
Peruvian international Vargas, a versatile left winger who can also play in the wing back position, was reportedly close to joining Real Madrid from Catania before moving to the Stadio Artemio Franchi in 2008.
The 27-year-old isn't the only wide man to be on Kenny Dalglish's radar though, with Ashley Young, Matt Jarvis and Sylvain Marveaux all thought to be summer Liverpool targets.
Damien Comolli, director of football at Anfield, has been heavily involved in the Merseysiders' scouting and transfer policy since arriving at the club back in the Autumn, with the Frenchman drawing up a transfer shortlist alongside Dalglish.
Fenway Sports Group, the club's owners, recently stressed the importance of the Frenchman and manager for the long-term future of Liverpool, and the pair appear to have agreed on one of their first transfer targets for the end of the season.
John W. Henry and Co will have to be called upon again financially should the club wish to land Vargas at a higher price, and with a handful of other players lined-up in a variety of positions, the summer months could prove to be busy for all connected with Liverpool.
Liverpool will make an audacious bid to sign Tottenham Hotspur winger Aaron Lennon this summer for £15million.
Reds' manager Kenny Dalglish is desperate to sign players to give his side more natural width and supply the new strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.
He sees the 23-year-old as the ideal signing as his pace would be a great quality in the Scot's view of playing a counter-attacking style.
Lennon has endured a stop-start season through injury, scoring three goals and two assists in 27 games.
Dalglish will hope to take advantage of the controversy surrounding Lennon's late withdrawal from Tottenham's line-up against Real Madrid in the Champions league.
The winger was said to have fallen ill just minutes before the teams were about to emerge at the Bernabeu for the quarter-final.
Lennon was angry at this, claiming through Twitter he told the medical staff days before the game of his illness and was unhappy being made into the scapegoat following the 4-0 thrashing.
Manager Harry Redknapp has publicly supported his star but privately has misgivings about Lennon's ability to handle the big occasion.
Gerard Houllier is planning to battle his former club Liverpool for in-demand Wolves winger Matt Jarvis.
The Aston Villa boss has earmarked the England new boy as a ready -made replacement for Ashley Young who looks set to leave in the summer.
Manchester United and Liverpool head the list of clubs interested in the Villa player who has also impressed on England duty.
Jarvis made his first England appearance in the friendly with Ghana and is also a target for Anfield boss Kenny Dalglish.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will demand at least £8m for the 24-year-old, who cost just £400,000 from Gillingham in 2007.
McCarthy said: "At this moment in time there's no reason why we would want to sell anybody, and there's no necessity.
"But me being honest, I am saying there are certain things that happen in the game - you can't stop it."
Skysports.com understands Liverpool have agreed a pre-contract to sign Rennes midfielder Sylvain Marveaux.
Marveaux, who is out of contract at Rennes at the end of the season, has been a long-term target for the Reds.
Rennes are resigned to losing the 24-year-old when his contract expires and Liverpool are thought to have agreed a deal to bring Marveaux to Anfield.
The Premier League outfit are thought to have beaten off interest from a number of clubs to land the highly-rated winger.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish is keen to bolster his options in wide areas and he sees Marveaux as someone who will help provide ammunition for new strikeforce Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez.
Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli has been pushing for a deal for Marveaux and he is expected to be the first of many arrivals at Liverpool this summer.
The agent of Arda Turan has confirmed to Sport.co.uk that the 24-year-old is looking to leave Galatasaray in the summer.
The agent has revealed that they are already in talks with a top European club over a proposed move at the end of the season.
Although negotiations remain ongoing with the unnamed club, the Turkish international's representative, Ahmet Bulut, has called upon the winger's other alleged suitors, which have previously included Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Chelsea, to make an offer for the player.
Once voted the eighth best youngster in world football by respected Spanish publication Don Balon, the Gala playmaker has been perennially linked with a host of the continent's top sides over the last three seasons, but until now has resisted the temptation to leave his boyhood club.
Reports last week intimated the winger had signed a pre-contract agreement with Atletico Madrid and although it was subsequently denied, Los Rojiblancos, Valencia and Real Madrid have all been credited with an interest.
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp reportedly had an offer rejected in the summer that allegedly included Mexican winger Giovanni Dos Santos, while Anfield chief Kenny Dalglish has monitored the player, who has regularly professed his desire to play for the Merseyside club.
Chelsea have also been accredited as admirers of the mercurial playmaker, and his agent has invited interested parties to formally register their intent to sign the player already capped 43 times by Turkey.
In an exclusive interview, his agent Ahmet Bulut told Sport.co.uk: "He has a contract with Galatasary so he cannot sign for another club.
"I can therefore confirm that he has not signed with any side.
"However, I can confirm we are talking with one very big club in Europe about a potential move in the summer.
"Unfortunately I cannot name the club. In the next 10-15 days we are looking to finalise a deal.
"It is not an English club we are talking to, but we are open.
"Any move is subject to Gala agreeing a fee as he is under contract and Arda has confirmed he wants to leave this summer."
Some recent LFC rumors. 80% probable Bullsh*t. Plus the Adam and Young rumors as well.
