Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers have been alerted to the availability of former Arsenal
midfielder Alexander Hleb, with Barcelona ready to make the out-of-favour Belarusian a free agent,
after talks over cancelling his contract.
The move comes two weeks after Hleb returned to Barcelona following a failed loan spell with
Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg, who had asked to terminate his season-long agreement six months early,
after the 30-year-old struggled with form and fitness, making just four appearances this term.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has launched a scathing attack on Barcelona's ability to defend their
Champions League crown, insisting that the European champions are not as strong as they were last
year.
Wenger has not had the best of relationships with Barca in recent years as the Catalan side
aggressively pursued former Gunners skippers Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas despite the North
Londoners' obvious desire to keep both players.
