Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool set to offload £11.5m flop Babel as Benitez plots summer exodus
Ryan Babel is set to be sold by Liverpool this summer as Rafa Benitez attempts to rebuild his squad.
The Holland forward has failed to nail down a regular starting spot at Anfield since his £11.5million arrival from Ajax two years ago.
Babel has fallen down the pecking order after Benitez signed Spanish winger Albert Riera and he is now expected to leave at the end of the season, according to The Times.
The Dutchman has also expressed his frustration at the lack of opportunities at Liverpool and he may welcome the chance to move on.
'With this supporting role, I am not happy,' he said. 'I have had three good talks with the trainer this season in which he indicated that I could not lose sight of the defensive aspect.
'It is my feeling that I have strongly improved, but still I get no real chance.'
Babel is not the only Liverpool player with question marks hanging over his future. Italian full-back Andrea Dossena and Denmark centre-back Daniel Agger, whose contract expires at the end of next season, may also be sold.
Meanwhile, Benitez has ruled out a summer move for Valencia forward David Silva.
'Our chief scout, Eduardo Macia, was in Valencia and was talking with different people from the club, but someone was talking too much,' revealed the Reds boss.
'So, at this moment, Silva is not a target. He is a good player, but not our target.'
