Safe hands: Horn could be the man to replace under-fire Simon Mignolet
Here are all the latest Reds stories from today's Sunday Mirror...
Toure: Basel clash tailor made for Gerrard
Liverpool defenderKolo Toure has backed skipperSteven Gerrard to fire Liverpool into the last 16 of the Champions League.
Gerrard was benched for Saturday's bore draw with Sunderland, but is set to return for the crunch Eruopean clash at Anfield.
"He
makes a difference, if I can say he makes the magic when nobody can
make it, that’s why he is one of the best players in the world,” the former Arsenal defender explained.
“His
age is nothing, for me it doesn’t matter. People just keep talking, but
if you have a player like that in your dressing room he is very
important. With his experience, he makes a difference." In pictures: Liverpool vs Sunderland VIEW GALLERY
Gus Poyet keen on Fabio Borini reunion
Sunderland boss Gus Poyet wants to takeFabio Borini back to the Stadium of Light in January. The Italian enjoyed a fruitful loan spell in the North East last term, scoring 10 goals to help keep the Black Cats in the Premier League.
He
has found first-team opportunities hard to come by at Anfield, and
Poyet admits he would like to work with the striker one again.
Gareth Copley
Target: Poyet is looking for Borin reunion
Asked if he would like to try once more for Borini in the New Year, the Sunderland manager said: "I would love to.
"It
is difficult to explain [why he never signed]. It was a long summer and
the things everyone knows, we agreed a price and we flew to America
[for Liverpool's pre-season tour] and he didn't come." Did you know we have a Liverpool FC page on Facebook?
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Ian Ayre: We'd BAN players from social media if we could
Liverpool Chief Executive Ian Ayre has said the Anfield club would ban players from using social media if they could.
The Liverpool Echo reported the news, after Mario Balotelli was charged by the FA for reposting a potentially racist and anti-semitic image on Instagram.
Speaking
on BBC radio, Ayre said: "Given the choice we'd love to keep all our
players away from social media because it really is a problem.
"I
can honestly can say there isn't any more we could do as a club to try
to educate our players around this but it still rears its head at least
once a season - probably at every club in some form or another."
Mignolet sat for Anfield axe?
Liverpool could be set to get rid of keeperSimon Mignolet and are eyeing a swoop for Germany Under-21 star Timo Horn, according to the Express.
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Calamitous: Mignolet has been less than impressive this term
Mignolet has been the subject of criticism this season after a
string of sub-standard performances, and Horn, standing at 6ft 4in,
could be the answer to Brendan Rodgers' problems.
The Cologne stopper is valued at £5million.
Last chance for Balotelli
The Daily Mail are reporting that Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is set to give under-fire striker Mario Balotelli one last chance.
Balotelli
has flattered to deceive on the field, and has found himself in hot
water off it too with an FA charge for his behaviour on social media.
Rodgers
said: "I felt this was a risk we needed to take with Mario because as a
group we couldn’t afford not to at the time. It was late on and we
needed to have someone in. It’s something that we can’t regret."
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