Rafa Benitez was keen to offload the player in the summer, but it was claimed at the time that Jermaine Pennant did not want to face such a severe wage cut.
Reports suggest Benitez has grown tired of Pennant’s timekeeping and lifestyle, according to the newspaper. Both Blackburn and Stoke were interested in the player in the summer and assuming he can be more realistic about his wage demands – the £7 million Anfield failure could be off.
Pennant has only started twice in the Premiership this season, and with Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel and seemingly Nabil El Zhar all ahead of him in the pecking order for the right wing his Liverpool future is almost certainly over.