Liverpool are being linked with unsettled Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey.
Heskey has expressed doubts about his future at Villa Park in the last 24 hours as he battles to remain involved with England's World Cup squad.
The Times says Rafael Benítez considered bringing Heskey back to Liverpool last season, but with the Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City squads full of strikers there will be few other obvious takers in the top half of the Premier League.