Liverpool to swoop for Hazard?

Liverpool are reportedly prepared to splash out on Lille playmaker Eden Hazard this summer.

The Merseyside club, who won the Carling Cup trophy on Sunday, are reportedly ready to strengthen their squad at the end of the season in a bid to return to the elite of European football.

The Premier League club's American owners, Fenway Sports Group, are willing to back Kenny Dalglish with his attempts to sign Hazard, Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez and Barcelona's Seydou Keita, according to The Mirror.

The Reds' director of football, Damien Comolli, recently claimed that a number of "big players" are interested in moving to Anfield in the summer.