Morientes: I’m happy to stay at Liverpool

LIVERPOOL striker Fernando Morientes appears to have distanced himself from a possible move to Espanyol by insisting he is settled in England and prefers the Premiership to La Liga.

Sources in Spain suggested 29-year-old could become a surprise target for the Barcelona club if his friend and former Real Madrid and Spain boss Jose Antonio Camacho is appointed sports director there next month.

That appointment would depend on whether Claudio Biern wins the club's presidential elections in February. Biern is fronting a group called "Nou Espanyol" and is trying to take control of the club.