Yossi Benayoun is waiting to leave Chelsea.
The Guardian says Liverpool sold the midfielder to Chelsea last summer for £5m and they have the first option on him but they do not appear to want him back.
Benayoun sees no future for himself at Stamford Bridge and he wants to leave, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Lille having shown an interest in him.
Chelsea remain determined to sign Luka Modric from Tottenham, meaning that Benayoun has found himself advanced in a makeweight in those negotiations.
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