David Ngog to Aston Villa?

The Liverpool summer clear out may be about to start now. The Liverpool Echo is reporting that David Ngog may be leaving Liverpool for £4million with Aston Villa and Fulham interested in the 22-year-old striker.

It had been suggested that Ngog was going to move to Sunderland but now that they have signed Connor Wickham, it is very unlikely that they would want to buy another striker this summer.

In May it was said that Damien Comolli valued Ngog at £8million which at the time raised a lot of eyebrows as many fans did not think Ngog was worth that much. It would be great for the club to get £8million but £4million may be a more realistic fee for him and that would be a good business deal for us as we only bought him for a reported £1million from PSG three years ago.

Ngog has managed to score 19 goals in 94 appearances for Liverpool. That is not such a great return for a striker but considering his age, he still has a lot to learn and he will probably get better with time but we do not have that much time to invest in him anymore at Liverpool thus the reason for us needing to get rid of him and bring in a more prolific striker as backup to Suarez and Carroll.

Source: OurKop.com

Gerrard out of Asia tour

The 31-year-old will continue his individual recovery programme at the Reds' Melwood training ground while the majority of the squad fly out to China on Sunday ahead of their first friendly two days later.

"I'd really been looking forward to travelling out to China, Malaysia and Singapore and meeting first-hand as many of our fans as possible," the England international told liverpoolfc.tv.

"I'm really sorry that I won't now be able to do that.

"But after sitting down and talking with the medical experts and technical staff, it's been decided that the best course of action is for me to continue my rehabilitation programme at Melwood.

"It's disappointing I won't be with them, but I'm sure the lads who go out there will put a great show on for our fans."

Gerrard underwent an operation in early March to correct a troublesome groin problem which had been affecting him for some months.

He was ruled out for the remainder of the season and last month Gerrard hinted he may not be fully fit for Liverpool's early friendlies.

Gerrard returned to training with the rest of the squad at Melwood yesterday but was not involved with the main group of players.

"Steven and the medical team have done fantastically well so far and they are in the final stages of getting him back to full training," said manager Kenny Dalglish.

"I'm sure there will be supporters disappointed that Steven is unable to be with us in Asia, but I'm sure the same people will appreciate the importance of Steven giving himself the best possible opportunity of being fit to play against Sunderland on the opening day of the new campaign.

"Steven continuing his rehabilitation programme at Melwood is in everybody's long term interests."

Source: Football365.com