Greek powerhouses Panathinaikos have snapped up Damien Plessis from Liverpool for an undisclosed fee. The 22-year-old Frenchman departs Anfield after being deemed surplus to requirements by new Reds boss Roy Hodgson. Plessis did figure in Rafa Benitez’s first-team plans during his time on Merseyside, but even then was unable to hold down a regular role. [...]

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Lucas Leiva has been thrown an Anfield lifeline after Roy Hodgson assured him he still had a future at Liverpool. The Brazilian midfielder’s days at the club appeared numbered after Palermo confirmed they had made a £3million bid and indicated a willingness to increase it. But, while left-back Emiliano Insua may still go to Fiorentina, [...]

ROY HODGSON will be officially named Liverpool FC’s new manager today (Wednesday). The 62-year-old is due on Merseyside to complete the formalities of signing a contract after the Reds agreed a compensation package in the region of £2million with Fulham for his release. Cordial negotiations have been ongoing in the past 72 hours between Liverpool’s Managing [...]

Liverpool face a tough start to the 2010/11 campaign as Arsenal are the visitors to Anfield on 14th August. The Reds then travel to Manchester City to face Roberto Mancini’s Blues on 21st August, before hosting newly-promoted West Brom the following week. Arch rivals Manchester United take on Liverpool at Old Trafford on 18th September, [...]

THE ECHO can exclusively reveal that Rafa Benitez today donated £96,000 to the Hillsborough Family Support Group as he gets set to leave Merseyside. The former Liverpool FC boss, who was today confirmed as the new manager at Inter Milan, handed over the cheque to Margaret Aspinall, chairwoman of the HFSG, as the rest of [...]

Harry Redknapp is a shock contender to become the next Liverpool manager – as Kenny Dalglish draws up a shortlist of names for the Kop post. The Tottenham boss is much admired by Dalglish, who has been asked by the Anfield owners to find out who wants the job of replacing Rafa Benitez. Redknapp’s stock [...]

Liverpool have attempted to pave the way for Rafael Benítez’s departure by offering their manager a compromise deal to quit the club. In what amounts to a vote of no confidence in the man who guided them to Champions League victory in 2005 on that unforgettable night in Istanbul, the Liverpool board approved a proposal [...]

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks’ pledge to hand Rafael Benitez a ‘substantial transfer budget’ was in question last night after it emerged that the manager has no more than £5million to spend. Despite three meetings with new Anfield chairman Martin Broughton, Benitez is still unsure if money generated from player sales will be made available to [...]

Former Liverpool owner David Moores admits he “hugely regrets selling the club” to George Gillett and Tom Hicks, calling on the American pair to “accept their role in the club’s current demise” and sell up. Moores was bought out by the duo three years ago after several failed attempts to sell the club to more [...]

Rafa Benitez has confirmed that Brazilian defender Fabio Aurelio is leaving Liverpool this summer when his contract expires. The 30-year-old spent the past four years at Anfield after joining on a free transfer from Spanish giants Valencia in 2006. Benitez had hoped to secure the full-back on extended terms and is disappointed the parties were [...]

Liverpool Football Club have been shocked and saddened by reports emanating from Austria, of the death of former striker Besian Idrizaj. The 22-year-old is thought to have suffered a heart attack at his family home early this morning and all efforts to revive him subsequently failed. Idrizaj joined the Reds from LASK Linz in the [...]

Rafael Benitez has today spoken of his desire to remain as Liverpool manager and insisted that “no-one” at the club wants to sell Fernando Torres or Steven Gerrard. The boss revealed he has held positive talks with Chairman Martin Broughton and will hold another meeting with the Reds chief next week. “I had a meeting [...]