Benitez hopeful of keeping Mascherano

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has vowed the club are doing all they can to keep midfielder Javier Mascherano at Anfield, insisting: “We will do our best to keep him here”.

The Argentina international has been the subject of much speculation due to the complex nature of his deal on Merseyside, whereby the Reds have to pay a reported £17m to buy him outright.