"Liverpool" intensifies the search for a left-back defender © EuroFootball.com

The club is actively looking for ways to fill the gaps in the left-back position.

With the departure of Brazilian Fabio Aurelio and young Emiliano Insua, coach Roy Hodgson was left without footballers who could play in this position.

According to the press, the main candidate to join the 'Reds' is Reto Ziegler, representing Genoa's Sampdoria.

The 24-year-old footballer, whose price is around 7 million euros, would not be a newcomer in England - he has worn the shirts of London's Tottenham and Wigan.

Among other mentioned names are the Croatian Danijel Pranjič, who failed to establish himself in Bayern Munich, Maynor Figueroa representing Wigan, and Taye Taiwo, a legionnaire from Nigeria playing for Marseille.