The news from Blackburn is that Liverpool are likely to face competition from Newcastle in January as they launch a bid for unsettled Rovers defender Lucas Neill.
The £5million-rated Australian international is out of contract next summer and, now he knows the Reds are after him, has turned down all offers to stay at Ewood Park.
The Daily Mirror report that Newcastle will challenge Liverpool for the 28-year-old, but as we saw with Dirk Kuyt, Anfield seems to be a bigger attraction than St James'.