It's make or break for Liverpool and Rafa Benitez tonight. Inter Milan are their Champions League opponents in what some see as a must-win game for Rafa – so what better way to prepare for the match than to take a look at the latest trio of talent supposedly on the Anfield shopping list.

First up we have Palermo striker Amauri who is apparently a £17m target for the Reds (various) This speculation has been fuelled after Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini admitted that his side were unlikely to be able to keep the 27-year-old at the club.

Zamparini said: “I will not be able to keep Amauri here – he is worth €25 million and other clubs offer him three times his current wages. Whoever comes first with an offer will get him.”

‘Will Liverpool make a bid? Clearly such a bid would only come about if they got some cash, maybe from the sale of either Peter Crouch or Dirk Kuyt.’


Will Liverpool make a bid? Clearly such a bid would only come about if they got some cash, maybe from the sale of either Peter Crouch or Dirk Kuyt.

Liverpool will also apparently have scouts in attendance as Schalke take on Porto in the Champions League. They will be keeping a close eye on Schalke full-back Rafinha, who will be in a fierce battle with another Reds target – Porto's Ricardo Quaresma.

Rafinha is looking forward to the clash but is not in awe of his highlyo-rated pponent – "Quaresma is a player like any other,” he said. “I see him as a normal player. He has his qualities, but he will also have to worry about us, because in this side there are also major players."

The defender could well be a Liverpool player of the future but Quaresma’s agent’s attempts to court a deal for his man have verged on the ridiculous with the Portuguese player seemingly touted to every major club in Europe.