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| Liverpool accept Bayern Munich transfer offer for Pepe Reina | |
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| Pepe Reina’s Liverpool career appears to be drawing to a close after the Anfield club accepted a surprise offer from Bayern Munich for their former No1 goalkeeper. | Pepe Reina’s Liverpool career appears to be drawing to a close after the Anfield club accepted a surprise offer from Bayern Munich for their former No1 goalkeeper. |
| The Spain international spent last season on loan at Napoli having lost his regular first-team place under Brendan Rodgers to the £9m recruit Simon Mignolet. | |
| Despite a fluctuating debut campaign by the Belgium goalkeeper, Reina has little chance of regaining favour with the Liverpool manager and did not feature at all on the club’s recent pre-season tour of the United States. | Despite a fluctuating debut campaign by the Belgium goalkeeper, Reina has little chance of regaining favour with the Liverpool manager and did not feature at all on the club’s recent pre-season tour of the United States. |
| The former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez, who brought Reina to Anfield from Villarreal in 2005 as a replacement for the Champions League hero Jerzy Dudek, had been keen on re-signing the 31-year-old for Napoli. However, Liverpool’s desire for a permanent deal and the keeper’s £100,000-a-week wages have proved prohibitive to the Italian club and Bayern have stepped in to offer Reina an escape to the Bundesliga. | |
| Liverpool have accepted the German champions’ offer, believed to be for an initial £2.5m, for their unwanted keeper, who must now decide whether he is prepared to be understudy to Manuel Neuer to complete his reunion with his former Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola. | Liverpool have accepted the German champions’ offer, believed to be for an initial £2.5m, for their unwanted keeper, who must now decide whether he is prepared to be understudy to Manuel Neuer to complete his reunion with his former Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola. |