All of Wednesday’s Liverpool related news and rumours…SEE MORE:
Liverpool Reus – Attacker could slip through Reds’ fingers.
Kovacic Transfer – Liverpool and Arsenal target holding out on new deal.
Gerrard Replacement – Five defensive midfielders who would be better for Liverpool
Liverpool owner plans stadium name change
According to the Guardian, Liverpool Owner John W Henry is in Dubai, having meetings about potentially selling the naming rights to Anfield.
The billionaire owner of Fenway Sports Group is being accompanied by former chief executive Rick Parry, who left the club when it was owned by George Gillett and Tom Hicks.
The Reds recently received planning permission for the £75m redesign of Anfield’s main stand, and with the club looking to recoup some revenue in the short term, the sale of naming rights for the new stand, or indeed the whole ground, are very much on the cards.
Steven Gerrard reveals best XI
Gerrard revealed his ultimate XI of teammates from his time at the club. According to the Express, Gerrard picks Pepe Reina behind a back four of Glen Johnson, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher and John Arne Riise; with the midfielder himself playing with Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano in midfield.
The front line of Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres and Robbie Fowler completes the XI.
When asked to name the most underrated player from his time at the club, Gerrard was unable to choose between Dirk Kuyt and Didi Hamann, two players he described as “quality footballers who put the importance of the team first.”
Daniel Sturridge reveals diet secrets
Sturridge is still recovering from a calf injury, and revealed to the Daily Mail that he is trying some unusual diet tricks to get himself back to fitness as soon as possible.
The striker has been chowing down on quinoa and bee pollen, two trendy foods usually more associated with middle-class mothers than top-class footballers.
“I started looking into health foods about five years ago and did a lot of research on the internet,” said the England attacker. “It’s important that I eat the right things to give my muscles ammunition.”Search for Simon Mignolet replacement continues
The search for a replacement for shaky Belgian stopper Mignolet has now turned to Spain, according to the Metro.
Guillermo Ochoa only joined Malaga in the summer, but has been stuck on the bench since, and the Reds are happy to pay the £5m the Spaniards want for the keeper.
Whether the Mexican will make his way to the Premier League remains to be seen, but what seems certain is that the Merseyside outfit will sign competition for their current keeper by the end of January.