Michela Quattrociocche (girlfriend to Liverpool's Alberto Aquilani) brought her "legs for days" A-game to the photo call for her new film, Una Canzone Per Te. "Canzone" sounds to us like "calzone". Mmm. Carbs stuffed with cheese.

It's safe to assume that the current Liverpool squad needs rebuilding and reconstruction this off season if they are to replicate the form that saw them finish runners up in the 2008-2009 season. It Liverpool aspire to challenge for a top four finish or the title, new bodies and a fresh outlook may just be what's needed at Anfield.

By Ollie Irish

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Roy Hodgson will look to secure a deal to bring Juventus forward David Trezeguet to Anfield and hopes that deals that brought Alberto Aquilani to Turin and Christian Poulsen to Merseyside will help in potential negotiations for the 32 year old former French international to the club.

Liverpool and Juventus are prepared to set-up a swap deal to end the nightmare spells of Alberto Aquilani and Felipe Melo at the clubs, according to Tuttosport.
Both endured a troubled spell since making their big money moves last summer. Aquilani spent the majority of last season on the treatment table after his £20 million switch from Roma, while £22 million man Melo endured a fractious relationship with the Old Lady support as the team sunk to seventh place in Serie A.

Liverpool are prepared to part ways with midfielder Alberto Aquilani after just one season, according to The Mirror and LaRoma24.it.
The Italian arrived at the English Premier League side last summer for a hefty €20 million from Roma, but spent the first half of the season struggling with injury and only showed flashes of his talent in the latter part of the 2009-10 campaign.

Out-thought. Out-played. Out-fought. Outclassed. These were all adjectives that sprang to mind after a truly horrendous display by Liverpool that highlighted, if ever this was needed, just how far behind the club has fallen. If the unlucky draw against Arsenal had given the illusion that this side could actually compete at the top, then the reality of where Liverpool stand should now be apparent to all.

Kickettes, are you sad to see Ms. Q. go, or are you secretly hoping the door slams her (perfectly toned) arse on the way out? Image from 25 August 2009, Zimbio.com.

Despite her knock-out bod and killer hair, Alberto Aquilani's other, better-looking half, Michela Quattrociocche, is not making herself any fast friends in Liverpool or Roma.

There's no doubt about it, Steven Gerrard is a class player for club and country. His form is consistently excellent and he has grabbed Liverpool by the scruff of the neck to win matches which seemed lost on countless occasions. But perhaps, this is a season too far for the midfield maestro amid concerns his recent fitness and form for Liverpool.

Rafa looking to bring talented Frenchman to Anfield.

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A number of Premier League clubs have been alerted by the much publicized fall-out between Jeremy Menez and his manager Claudio Ranieri at Roma.

A deflated Liverpool after defeat to Lille. Liverpool are set to welcome Lille to Anfield tomorrow on the back of a 1-0 loss in France. After the emphatic victory over Portsmouth on Monday night can Liverpool keep things going with another win in the Europa League? Liverpool lost the first leg after conceding in the 84th minute [.

For the first time in seven years, there will be no English representation in the last four of the UEFA Champions League.

To say that an era has ended would be excessive, but it is certainly notable that none of the established ‘Big Four' have reached their usual positioning amongst Europe's elite.

Atletico Madrid ended Liverpool's hopes of Europa League glory with an away goals success after extra-time at Anfield.
Diego Forlan, the goalscorer of Atletico's first-leg lead, came back to haunt the Reds in and will now face Fulham in the Hamburg final.
Liverpool, who saw the tie enter an additional 30 minutes after Alberto Aquilani's 44th minute strike, thought they were on their way to an all-English showpiece against the Cottagers when Yossi Benayoun grabbed a 95th minute lead.

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The same thought that goes through Baldrick's mind after one of his cunning plans must have entered Rafa Benitez's head as the season drew to a close. "That wasn't how it was supposed to go."

To say Liverpool's season has been a disappointment is possibly the biggest understatement of this new decade.

The 20 players traveling to the Alps are named...

And as expected, it's missing all the big names from the World Cup.

But it does have a few players that participated in South Africa Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Milan Jovanovic are in and it's also got plenty of recognizable names from the first team last season.

The 20 players traveling to the Alps are named...

And as expected, it's missing all the big names from the World Cup.

But it does have a few players that participated in South Africa Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Milan Jovanovic are in and it's also got plenty of recognizable names from the first team last season.

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson hopes new signing Danny Wilson is just the first of many young players with "exceptional talent" he will be able to bring to the club.
While the focus, naturally, has been on assessing the strengths of the first team, bringing in players of the quality of Joe Cole and working to secure the commitment of senior players, Hodgson is well aware he has to have one eye on the future.

Even with things going relatively well, there's still a few unknowns.

The avalanche of optimism has taken me by surprise after a season largely spent whining, complaining, and contemplating the merits of nihilism, I fully expected the summer to follow suit. And for a few weeks, it did. Nothing happened on the ownership front, speculation ran wild about the big names leaving, and the club were without a manager after mutually kicking Rafa's ass out the door.

By Ollie Irish

How will new gaffer Roy Hodgson configure his Liverpool team? Don't worry about that for now. Remembering that this is just a bit of fun, I want you to pick Liverpool's best starting XI for the coming season.

I'll go first...

The formation: Uncle Woy loves a bit of 4-4-2, and he's dabbled with 4-4-1-1 in pre-season, with Joe Cole buzzing about the area we like to know only as 'the hole'.

Despite only just completing his first season in the red shirt of Liverpool, Alberto Aquilani has never been short of speculation surrounding him about a move back to Italy.

Napoli are the latest side to be linked with a loan move for the player, who has taken time to overcome the ankle injury he arrived with as well as suffering from a number of viruses once his fitness had returned.

David Trezeguet's agent claims Liverpool are interested in signing the Juventus...

Today Ben Thornley at the Daily Post wrote in interesting article that discusses how Liverpool should not have loaned out Alberto Aquilani, especially when at the time when it seemed like Javier Mascherano was on the way out. I felt this is a good read for all you Liverpool fans out there.

Liverpool legend Jan Molby has launched a scathing attack on the club's underperforming stars, stating that big-name players, such as Steven Gerrard and new signing Alberto Aquilani, need to step up their game if the Reds are to achieve the top-four Premier League finish promised by their manager Rafael Benitez.

Former Liverpool star Jan Molby said today that the club's on and off-the-pitch problems was putting off top stars from joining Rafael Benitez's team.
Speaking to the Liverpool FC Supporters' Club New York through their MP Red Podcast, the 46-year-old - who played 281 times for the Reds between 1984 and 1996 - said that fans could no longer expect the world's star players to want to play for Liverpool.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard claims £20 million Alberto Aquilani is just like departed midfield lynchpin Xabi Alonso.
The Italy international has failed to hit the heights manager Rafa Benitez had hoped since his arrival from Roma - but the opening months of the midfielder's tenure at Anfield has been blighted by an ankle injury.

School's closed and the Reds are up to no good He may be the new kid on the block, but Alberto Aquilani is not going out of his way to make a good impression on his Liverpool team-mates. In fact, he definitely seems to have mischief in mind. It seems that even in the cut-and-thrust world [...]

The next four months are the biggest in Liverpool's history.
The implications if we don't get into the Champions League are massive.
If we don't finish in the top four it will be very difficult to attract top players and we might struggle to hold on to our key stars.
This really is a pivotal time for the club.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani midfielder insists that he is feeling "reborn" after recovering from a long-term injury, and that he intends to help the Reds pick up the pieces of a shattered season.
The Merseyside giants have endured several false dawns, with the injury-plagued Italian making only five Premier League appearances so far following his big-money switch from Roma.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has called on his team-mates not to dwell on the injuries to Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.
Rafa Benitez's star duo face a combined eight weeks' absence as Liverpool's season of woe continues to plumb new depths, with Saturday's opponents Stoke preparing to add to it.

An underachieving Liverpool team will face super-confident Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield this Wednesday. A match that should see Maxi Rodriquez and Alberto Aquilani in the starting lineup. But then again, who can read Rafa's mind? After a great last season, Liverpool were looking to go one better than second and finally be Premiership champions.

Liverpool forward Ryan Babel comes back into contention for a place in the squad to face Tottenham after apologising to manager Rafael Benitez.
The Holland international accepted his mistake over remarks made on Twitter and Benitez has now deemed the matter closed.
Striker Fernando Torres (knee) and midfielders Steven Gerrard (hamstring) and Yossi Benayoun (rib) are all out.

Alberto Aquilani's agent has laughed off claims the Liverpool midfielder could return to Seria A with Juventus this January.
The Italian arrived as a £20million replacement for Xabi Alonso, who left for Real Madrid, from Roma last summer but has failed to live up to expectations at Anfield.

Liverpool are finished, aren't they? The season has been a disaster on the pitch, the club is divided off it by joint-owners who want out but are reluctant to sell in case such a deal benefits the other. The manager cannot be sacked however bad his team performs because Liverpool simply cannot afford to do so.

Liverpool beat Portsmouth 4-1 at Anfield, with Torres scoring twice and Alberto Aquilani getting his first goal for Liverpool. The Reds were 3-0 up at half time, and Anfield were expecting the final score to be about 8 or 9 nil (and it could have been) but Liverpool only found the net once more in the [.

Rafael Benitez saw his Liverpool side hammer Portsmouth with a splendid 4-1 victory over the Premier League's bottom side. The Reds hit Pompey with a furious seven-minute blitz, which saw them score three decent goals in the first half of a very pleasing performance. Alberto Aquilani completed a full match for only the second time in [.

Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani missed training at Melwood today after suffering from a stomach upset.
The Italian turned in arguably his finest performance in a Red shirt to date when scoring his first goal for the club in Monday's 4-1 Premier League win over Portsmouth but was unable to take part in this morning's preparations ahead of the Europa League Round of 16 second leg against Lille.

It is time for an excursion so grab your valise, finish up your game of cards with the Central Casting Irishmen and let's jump on an old-timey steamboat so we can chug on over to Futfanatico to read an exotic international guest post.

It's about some guy who occasionally plays for Liverpool, I think.

Liverpool have given Fernando Torres assurances they will be active in the transfer market this summer to try to convince him his future lies at Anfield.
Prior to the Manchester United clash on Sunday, both manager Rafa Benitez and managing director Christian Purslow have talked with their star striker.

Rafael Benitez is convinced Alberto Aquilani will prove to be a good signing for Liverpool.
The Reds splashed out £20million on the Italian midfielder last summer, keen to find an able replacement for the Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso.
Unfortunately, the Anfield faithful have seen little of their big-money signing this season, with injury and illness keeping him sidelined for long periods.

Jamie Redknapp has lifted the lid on the increasing friction between Kop boss Rafa Benitez and Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, hinting the England star could quit the club after the World Cup finals.
Redknapp says the pair are heading for a bitter bust-up over tactics.
And he said last Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Manchester United is a prime example of where it's all going wrong between Benitez and Gerro, 29.