Nolberto Solano claims he will try to engineer a move to Liverpool.
Nolberto Solano claims he will try to engineer a move to Liverpool by demanding a new contract at Aston Villa.The Peruvian winger is on Liverpool's shopping list, despite Reds boss Rafa Benitez suggesting he has not made an offer for Solano.
Villa manager David O'Leary did reveal that the European champions had enquired about Solano but he is anxious to keep the 30-year-old at the club.
Solano is flattered to be a target for Liverpool and is tempted by the prospect of a move to Anfield.
The former Newcastle United ace is out of contract at the end of the season and is hoping Villa will not block his chance to join their Premiership rivals.
The creative wide man has expressed a strong interest in signing for The Reds and will try to force Villa to sell him by asking for a new contract.
"It's Liverpool," Solano told the Peruvian press. "It's not just any team that is interested in me.
"It's the team that has won the last Champions League and will surely fight for the title in The Premier League.
"I am under contract at Aston Villa until May so to make them let me go I am going to ask for a two-year deal and that will make them let me go because the club doesn't want that.
"On the other hand, I am proud that Aston Villa doesn't want to let me go because that means you have done your work correctly.
"In addition to that maybe the officials don't want to have problems with the supporters because I had been chosen as the best player of the team last season.
"Besides all this, I have to sit down and have a conversation with the coach David O'Leary and tell him that this is a nice opportunity for me and my career.
"Maybe that will convince him to let me go."
