Injury-plagued Kewell has barely featured this season and has not played since the shock FA Cup exit to Barnsley in February. With his contract up at the end of the season, a source told the Sunday Mirror: "Harry and his family are really happy in the North West and don't want to move.

"All Harry's concentrating on is getting fit and doing his best for Liverpool. They're the club he supported as a boy and he still wants to prove himself to the fans."

Sunderland, Celtic and Bolton would love to land Kewell, 29, for free in the summer. But Juventus manager Ranieri has been tracking him for years.