Rumours - Rafa in for Kuyt and Mascherano

Published: 10 Jun 2010 - 07:34:22

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It hasn't taken the gossip mongerers long to link new Inter boss Rafa Benitez to a couple of his former Liverpool charges.

According to the Daily Mail, Rafa is keen on reuniting with Dutch hitman Dirk Kuyt and Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano.

A combined pricetag of £33 million has been plucked from the ether, money that could come in very handy to cash-strapped Liverpool.

Kuyt recently hailed Benitez as a "fantastic coach" and said the Spaniard has done wonders for his career.

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Meanwhile, Bulgarian legend Hristo Stoichkov has told the Mirror he reckons Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be at Manchester City next season.

He of the left-foot wand believes Zlatan has been a "failure" at Barcelona and will be on his way out of the Camp Nou sharpish.

Finally, Schteeeeve McLaren has been linked with a move for Chelsea reject Michael Ballack.

The newly-appointed Wolfsburg boss will be up against the likes of Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid - apparently.

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