Liverpool are planning a shock £10 million raid on city rivals Everton for Leighton Baines.
The News of the World says in a plan which will inflame passions on Merseyside, Anfield director of football Damien Comolli has identified the Goodison man as a top summer target.
Everton are sure to resist fiercely any efforts from their arch-rivals to tempt Baines across Stanley Park. It would be the most controversial deal between the neighbours since Nick Barmby's switch 11 years ago.
Liverpool are desperate to recruit a high-class left-back having offloaded Paul Konchesky, failed to re-sign Steven Warnock in January and been forced to play Glen Johnson in emergencies.
They also want ammunition from the flanks to supply £35m target man Andy Carroll, and Liverpool's scouts recognise Baines as one of the best crossers of a ball in the Premier League.
Scouser Baines, 26, was wanted by Bayern Munich in January, but he is settled on Merseyside.
