BARCELONA will offer £17million for Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina.
The European Champions are targeting Spanish international Reina after calling a halt to contract negotiations with current No 1 Victor Valdes.
They are confident they can lure back the Anfield stopper, who began his career at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has personally recommended Reina, whose father played for Barca, to his board after losing patience with Valdes.
Valdes, who only has a year of his deal to run, wants £150,000 a week.
But Barcelona will sell Valdes now rather than give in to his demands — or allow him to leave as a free agent next summer.
Reina cost Liverpool £6m when he was signed by Rafa Benitez from Villarreal in 2005.
But his value has rocketed after four impressive seasons at Liverpool, where he has become a firm fans’ favourite.
Reina, 26, spent the first two years of his career at Barcelona and played 30 games for the club before moving to Villarreal in 2002.
He still has strong ties with the club through his father, Miguel, who lives in the city.
Benitez is sure to resist any move for Reina but knows the club’s precarious financial position means he has to sell before he can launch another major spending spree this summer.
source;skysports.co.uk
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