Liverpool to offload £6 million midfielder
Liverpool are to offload midfielder Jermaine Pennant for as much as £6 million. The former Arsenal youth player has struggled to nail down a first team place at Anfield since his arrival at the club two years ago from Birmingham. (The Guardian)
Pennant, 25, has been linked with a move to Paul Ince's Blackburn aswell as Tony Pulis' Stoke City but as yet nothing has been agreed. It is understood now that Rafa Benitez is keen to cash in on the former England under-21 international to fund moves for other players.
It would not surprise me one bit to see Pennant leave the Reds before the end of the month. I never thought he was Liverpool material and it was a big shock to me to see Benitez spend £8 million on Pennant. All in all, Pennant made 52 appearances at the club scoring three times in the process.