Jermaine Pennant is digging in his heels at Liverpool.

The Mail on Sunday says Pennant is on a collision course with Liverpool because he is refusing to join Stoke, Blackburn or Newcastle in a £4million January deal.

Liverpool are keen to cash in on the 25-year-old but Pennant would only be tempted to move in the New Year to a club still in Europe.

Although the winger has been frozen out of the team by Rafa Benitez, he is prepared to stay at Anfield until he is a free agent in the summer.