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The Metro aren\u2019t always the most reliable of newspapers, but we\u2019re inclined to believe their most recent story, just because we want to. They say that Gonzalo Higuain has told Napoli to listen to offers for him after reported interest from Liverpool. The Argentinian striker has told his agent to do whatever\u2019s necessary to facilitate a move away from the Italian club, with the Reds leading the chasing pack. Higuain\u2019s name has been bandied about quite a bit in association with Liverpool, though the Reds probably won\u2019t make a move for him unless the Benteke deal completely falls apart.<\/p>\n
Mario Gomez<\/h3>\n
This must be the week that The Metro have decided to send a reporter on holiday to Italy as they\u2019ve filed a report about Liverpool being interested in another Serie A striker. As well as Higuain The Metro think that the Reds are also chasing Fiorentina\u2019s frontman Mario Gomez. The German forward is available according to Tuttomercatoweb, and The Metro reckon that means Liverpool must want him more than anything has ever been wanted before. Despite only managing to find the back of the net 10 times last season, Gomez has scored 166 league goals in 308 appearances throughout his career, so he might not be the worst choice Liverpool could make for the striker\u2019s spot.<\/p>\n
Fernando Llorente<\/h3>\n
In recent years it hasn\u2019t always ended particularly well when Liverpool have had to do battle with Real Madrid, so it won\u2019t exactly perk Brendan Rodger up to learn that the Spanish giants are also interested in reported Reds target Fernando Llorente. So reports The Liverpool Echo, anyway. Llorente is surplus to requirements at Juventus, with the Italian club happy to let him leave if they get a decent offer for the tall striker. Rafa Benitez wants him at The Bernabeu, though, and it\u2019s difficult to see him turning down a move to Spain in favour of a trip to the banks of the Mersey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
That Was The Week That Was In the week when Liverpool confirmed the \u00a312 million signing of Nathaniel Clyne on rumoured wages of \u00a390,000 per week; Fara Williams and the rest of the Lionesses saw their Women\u2019s World Cup bid end in heart break; and voting for Jordan Henderson to be the FIFA 16 cover star entered the final phases; Liverpool were linked with a host of players, some new, some not so much. We\u2019ve been trawling the tabloids so you don\u2019t have to. The Stories and Rumours Sebastian Coates The Uruguayan centre back arrived at Anfield in August of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}