By Chris Wright

Liverpool owner John W Henry along with his not-unattractive WAG, Linda Pizzuti enjoyed a spot of dinner with Luis Suarez's agent at London restaurant last night, as the two parties continue to negotiate a £15 million move for the Uruguayan flesh-eater.

Fulham have been offered a boomerang deal to take back Paul Konchesky, with Liverpool keen to use him in a transfer deal to buy Clint Dempsey.
Konchesky, a Roy Hodgson signing, has been a flop in front of the Kop in his four months at the club - failing to prove his credentials at left-back.
Frozen out of first-team plans since Kenny Dalglish began his reign, Konchesky is limited in his movements due to Premier League rules stipulating a player may not play for more than two top-flight clubs in any one season.

Liverpool 2 v 1 Bolton Wanderers
Saturday January 1st 2011 Premier League (H)

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An article by Jim Boardman, editor of www.anfieldroad.com, reproduced from The Telegraph on January 1st 2011. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @jimboardman

Liverpool's results this season are now so bad that they're being compared to the days before Bill Shankly arrived and revolutionised the club.

Inter Milan and Bayern Munich have emerged as the front runners to end Fernando Torres' Anfield hell, according to reports in Germany.
Despite being sacked as manager of European champions Inter last month, Benitez has left one legacy – an interest in Torres that could revive their ailing fortunes in Serie A.

Josh Askew is the editor of Holding Midfield - recently included in the Guardian 100 Football Blogs. It's a great blog featuring original tactical analysis and comment. You can also follow Josh on Twitter @LeJask ... this memorable Anfield moment is his favourite goal...

Why this is my favourite goal shouldn't really need explaining.

Well, after that fantastic display at Molineaux, where Kenny Dalglish got his first win of his new tenure, he now has a nice problem on his hands, who to leave out v Fulham and where does Steven Gerrard play?It was a great team performance, full of attacking and good 'passing and movement'.Everyone played well but Raul Miereles really caught the eye where he ran the midfield for Liverpool for Liverpool with his neat passing and good link-up play and he crowned his man of the display with a great volleyed goal.

Liverpool is reportedly considering a bid for teenage Greek defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
The Schalke centre back has been earning rave reviews in Germany after signing from Olympiakos in the summer, and Liverpool have reportedly sent scouts to watch the player's progress.
Reports in Germany claim Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea have also sent representatives to take a closer look at the player, who is set to be sold by the Bundesliga outfit amidst financial troubles at the club.

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens is going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning's various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we'll have it covered.

Here's this morning's batch.

Liverpool reject Torres bid.

The noose around Roy Hodgson's neck was tightening last Saturday as soon as Bolton's Kevin Davies scored a simple goal just before halftime at Anfield. Luckily for him, Steven Gerrard would not let Liverpool suffer a third successive defeat.
The Liverpool captain turned in his best performance this season and literally pulled Liverpool across the winning line.

Roy Hodgson has survived many low points in his short spell as Liverpool manager but Wednesday night's 3-1 defeat at Blackburn would seem to be one disaster too far and could hasten his exit from Anfield.
Even before Saturday's injury-time winner against Bolton the suggestion was club owners New England Sports Ventures were actively looking for a replacement.

Roy Hodgson's unfortunate reign at Anfield looks likely to extend onto Sunday and the FA Cup clash with Man Utd at Old Trafford.
In an unlikely turn of events, John Henry and Tom Werner will not be able to get into the UK until then to discuss with Roy his tenure at the club.
Incumbent Kenny Dalglish is in Dubai and will not be back either until Sunday.

Bolton boss Owen Coyle last night emerged as the man Liverpool want to lead the club out of their nightmare.
With Roy Hodgson likely to be out of a job within days, the Scot has emerged as the front-runner to succeed him.
He shot to the top of the short-list after Marseille boss Didier Deschamps and former Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard ruled themselves out.

By Chris Wright

The general consensus in this morning's national press is that Roy Hodgson may just have taken charge of his final game at Liverpool, with Wednesday night's 3-1 defeat to Blackburn proving to be the final nail in his proverbial coffin.

As touched on in this morning's news round up, the general consensus emanating from the nation's press circle this morning was that Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is now surviving on borrowed time at Anfield and developments this afternoon have done nothing to help truncate that particular line of conjecture.

Liverpool 1 Man United 3, January 30, 1960

You've got to love the Scousers. When Liverpool were drawn at home to Manchester United in the 4th round of the FA Cup in January 1960 it was immediately declared an all-ticket match, naturally enough as United had already attracted the two largest league attendances of the season, despite being in the bottom half of the table.

Spain international Fernando Torres has rejected speculation he could quit Liverpool and has called for supporters to get behind the squad.
The Reds' star striker has been linked with a move away from Anfield following a poor season which has seen Roy Hodgson replaced by fans' favourite Kenny Dalglish.

Urby Emanuelson's agent has played down reports linking Liverpool with a move for the Ajax defender.
Reports have suggested Liverpool have targeted the Dutch international to help solve their problematic left-back position.
Emanuelson's future at Ajax has been the subject of speculation for some time with the player rejecting a new deal at the Amsterdam ArenA and his contract expiring in the summer.

There's no doubt that a 2-2 result in the 215th Merseyside Derby was far from an ideal outcome at Anfield, but -- aside from the short burst of Everton dominance to begin the second half -- this was one of matches that should be viewed as more encouraging than disappointing.
Most strikingly, Raul Meireles continued to emerge from his shell and was perhaps the best player on the pitch.

Liverpool's out of favour midfielder Joe Cole will remain at Anfield despite links with a loan move to former club West Ham, Goal.com UK can reveal.
Cole has struggled to find form following his free transfer from Chelsea in the summer and is yet to feature under new Reds boss Kenny Dalglish.
The Hammers board have backed manager Avram Grant after Martin O'Neill rejected the chance to take the manager's job at Upton Park.

Liverpool are reportedly set to turn their attentions to Lacina Traore - should they lose out on Luis Suarez.
Suarez's protracted move to Anfield has eked out for some time now and - according to The Telegraph - the Reds and Ajax are currently way apart in their valuation of the Uruguayan.
And, with Liverpool desperate for striking reinforcements in January, they could be forced to set their sights elsewhere in pursuit of more potent attacking options.

Liverpool is reportedly monitoring Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.
According to 4-4-2, the Reds will make their move for the Frenchman if they fail to pull off a deal for Ajax captain Luis Suarez, whose protracted move to Merseyside continues to rumble on.
Benzema – who joined Real from Lyon for £30 million in 2009 – remains on the fringes at the Bernabeu and Liverpool are prepared to offer him a fresh start.

Reina
Kelly Skrtel Agger Johnson
Gerrard Poulsen
Kuyt Meireles Maxi
Torres
Goals:
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Far too closely-contested for comfort, especially during a nerve-wracking final 15 minutes, but still a deserved win. Fulham had enough chances to take something from the game – more than the home side – and Liverpool were clinging on by the end.

Paul Konchesky in talks with Fulham over move from Liverpool | Football | guardian.co.uk Paul Konchesky is in talks with Fulham about rejoining the club and ending his miserable five-month spell at Liverpool as the signing who came to represent Roy Hodgson's brief and unsuccessful time at Anfield... [I]f everything goes through, Liverpool will get back in contact with Aston Villa about Stephen

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It's no secret that Chelsea has a love affair with Liverpool's Fernando Torres. Chelsea has on repeated occasions attempted to pluck the World Cup winner from Anfield, to take him to the posher confinements of Stamford Bridge in swanky west London. So the news tonight that Liverpool has rejected a £40 million bid from Chelsea hardly comes as a surprise.

Morning all. Throughout January Soccerlens is going to be bringing you a daily round-up of the morning's various goings-on. Be it juicy morsels of spurious transfer gossip or real, actual bona fide news, rest assured, we'll have it covered.

Here's this morning's batch.

Torres wants out.

The fourth round of the FA Cup saw the league's top four barely survive, though the fifth of the Big Five (Tottenham) met their end at Craven Cottage. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer, and the returning Laurence McKenna discuss the weekend's results, outcomes that failed to producing the type of captivating upset we've come to hope for from our knock-out competitions.

Kickoff from Anfield at 15:00 GMT and 9:00 EST.

Ways to Watch:

Match shown live somewhere, I'd imagine, in the UK and on Fox Soccer Plus in the US.

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Liverpool:

Team sheet when it's released.

The Liverpool FC line up v Bolton Wanderers for the Premier League fixture at Anfield on Saturday January 1st 2011, has been confirmed as follows:

Starting 11:
Reina, Johnson, Aurelio, Agger, Skrtel, Lucas, Meireles, Maxi, Kuyt, Ngog, Torres.

Subs:
Jones, Cole, Babel, Kelly, Poulsen, Gerrard, Kyrgiakos.

Steven Gerrard is on the bench as Liverpool face Bolton today at Anfield.

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As the Liverpool players were booed off the pitch on Wednesday night after a woeful display against Wolves resulting in defeat, it was the name of "Dalglish" that resounded from the stands, a cry for help from the Anfield idol.

Today the players take to the pitch once more against Bolton, the King having spoken, the clubs current ambassador and head of football development asking for unity within the club.

All the goals from Liverpool's 2 v 1 win over Bolton Wanderers at Anfield on Saturday January 1st 2011.

0 – 1 : Bolton (Kevin Davies 43mins)

1 – 1 : Liverpool (Fernando Torres 49mins)

2 – 1 : Liverpool (Joe Cole 90 + 2 mins)

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Joe Cole's bundled-home goal in the 92nd minute wins it for Liverpool.

In a season as frustrating as this, days like today are too seductive.

You enter with low expectations, pissed off at the manager and the club, just waiting for the next thing to go wrong. Then things do go wrong one of the better players through a dismal patch gets hurt, and the fatigued captain comes on to fill a role in which he's had little success.

LIVERPOOL, England Joe Cole may have earned under-pressure Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson some breathing space with a last gasp winner against Bolton at Anfield. With the club's owners reportedly seeking a replacement, the summer signing's first league goal and Fernando Torres' equaliser came at just the right time for the former Fulham boss.

LIVERPOOL, England Joe Cole may have earned under-pressure Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson some breathing space with a last gasp winner against Bolton at Anfield. With the club's owners reportedly seeking a replacement, the summer signing's first league goal and Fernando Torres' equaliser came at just the right time for the former Fulham boss.

If I could read the minds of players, this could (or should) be some of their new year's resolutions:

Ando: I resolve to keep playing like a raging bull in the middle of the field and stay after practice to work on my shooting and finishing in the box.

Berba: I resolve to stay positive even when if I get dropped to the bench after scoring a million goals in one game.

The Top Five have separated themselves from the league after Sunday's draw at Stamford Bridge. Ciaran Clark's stoppage time equalizer means five points separate fifth place Chelsea from Sunderland, the Black Cats' win over Blackburn vaulting Steve Bruce's charge over Bolton, into sixth place.

The heading on the Liverpool fans blog read - Have you seen this photo? (Another reason why he should be sacked ASAP). Was it Barack Obama having a beer with Osama bin Laden? Maybe the Glasgow...
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For a few desperate minutes at Anfield on Saturday Roy Hodgson was staring at an inevitable sacking. A home defeat to Bolton, coming just days after a home reverse against Wolves, would have lifted supporter anger to insurmountable levels and the club's new American owners surely would have had little choice but to relieve Hodgson of his duties.

HOFFENHEIM, Germany Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp has confirmed the sale of Luiz Gustavo was one of the main reasons for Ralf Rangnick's departure from the club. Rangnick and Hoffenheim parted company after four and a half years together by mutual consent after the Brazilian midfielder was sold to Bayern Munich behind the coach's back.