Benitez chases defenders as Baros deal nears

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is chasing two German-based centre-backs and has revealed he expects Milan Baros’ £6.5m (€9.6m) transfer to Aston Villa to be completed in two or three days.

Benitez has been linked with Stuttgart’s Portuguese international defender Fernando Meira and 19-year-old German Under-21 international centre-back Lukas Sinkiewicz who is at Cologne.