Liverpool Transfer News: Barca Star Cristian Tello To Anfield?

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will step up his attempts to make Barcelona winger Cristian Tello his third summer signing at Anfield, according to The Daily Mail. The 21-year-old Spanish youth international is heading into the last year of his contract and has reportedly attracted the interest of Valencia and Benfica Tello is valued at around the £7 million mark and would bring an array of options to Rodgers as he re-builds his squad ahead of the forthcoming campaign. He can operate on either flank in an attacking three and would be an alternative to Manchester City and England wide-man Adam Johnson who has been linked with a move to Merseyside in recent days. If Rodgers was to secure the signature of Tello, it would push his summer spending spree above the £30 million mark after the arrival of his former players Joe Allen (Swansea) and Fabio Borini (from Roma but who worked with Rodgers at Swansea and Chelsea). However reports are that the new Kop boss would be more interested in an initial season-long loan deal for Tello with the option of signing him to a permanent contract at a later date.