Liverpool offer Jermaine Pennant a new contract

• zocoss

  9 Jan 09, 23:15

  Liverpool offer Jermaine Pennant new contract

   

  

   

  Pennant has so far refused to even speak to other clubs and is instead interested in leaving on a free in the summer.

   

   

   

   

  Liverpool have taken the unusual step of offering Jermaine Pennant a new 12-month contract - even though they don't want to keep him. The winger is out of contract at the end of the season and boss Rafa Benitez is open to offers of £4million in the January transfer window.

  But Pennant has so far refused to even speak to clubs prepared to offer that money, and is instead interested in joining AC Milan on a free in the summer.

  Milan are prepared to offer the former Arsenal and Birmingham star a pre-contract agreement to ensure he moves to Italy, and that has raised the possibility that he could go out on loan for the rest of this season.

  Benitez knows that if the winger is loaned out and is a success then he would miss out on a fee. The offer of a new deal would prevent that from happening, but Benitez is aware that Pennant is unlikely to agree.

• Chris88110

  9 Jan 09, 23:59

  They want to sell him for more lah

• Y_Shun

  10 Jan 09, 03:31

  what makes u tihnk he will sign a new contract? hahaha

   

  then if sign new contract alr, no clubs will go for him anymore....

• Cristiano@Red_Devils.com

  10 Jan 09, 12:53

  Offering a contract to a player you no longer wants to keep, just for the sake of money. That's a disgrace, and sad for modern day football.

• youyayu

  10 Jan 09, 12:57

  rather then offering a player that always dive

• Saltiga

  10 Jan 09, 18:18

  if he dun sign on the dotted line then they can just transfer listed him and do business with those who comes in abet at a lower transfer fee but still better then losing out on a free..

  but the interesting things these is that players like him can be link to teams like Real and Milan???? OMG, the Italians and the Spanish are so hardup these days???? he is IMHO not even good enough to be in the 1st team of top 6 English team.. and not good to be in the bench of the top 3..

• Scania N113CRB l0v3r

  11 Jan 09, 10:54

  May ask if Pennant go Real Madrid, U think got chance to play as 1st team squad? Go Wigan most i think can play 1st Team, go Real Madrid Benched Players..