OPINION
Rafa Benitez should abandon reported plans to sign Liverpool freebie Lucas Leiva and instead bring three of Jurgen Klopp’s other squad players to Newcastle United.
The Northern Echo claims Benitez is looking to form a reunion with the Brazil international at St. James’ Park, after first signing the 30-year-old a decade ago in 2007 at Anfield.
However, the former Gremio midfielder is now set to leave Liverpool after playing his final game for the club and is available on a free transfer, with his contract set to expire in a fortnight.
This Is Futbol explains how three other Liverpool outfield players would have more of an impact on Tyneside rather than Lucas, who has lost a yard of pace as he enters his thirties.
Here are those three players, including an England international that is desperately in need of first-team football after a lengthy spell on the sidelines: