The experienced German international has brought skill and composure to the Liverpool engineroom alongside the dynamic Steven Gerrard, but the Daily Mirror believes that Benitez feels the 30-year-old anchorman will be unable to make a mark in his forward-thinking plans for the club.
El-Hadji Diouf is another expected to leave, with Malaga ready to bid £3m
for a player who had cost £10m, alongside the likes of Marseille-bound Bruno Cheyrou, West Brom target Djimi Traore, Salif Diao, Gregory Vignal, Vladimir Smicer and Markus Babbel.
