Liverpool boss prioritises solution to left back problem

New Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has prioritised the signing of a new left back before the Premier League season begins in just over three weeks’ time.

The Reds have lost two specialist left backs this summer with Fabio Aurelio rejecting a pay-as-you-play deal and Emiliano Insua on the verge of joining Fiorentina.

Hodgson has been linked with Wigan’s Honduras international Maynor Figueroa and he admits that he needs to bring in at least one new face in the coming days and weeks.

He said, “We are short [in that position] and that is going to be one of the priorities. We need to find a replacement for Emiliano and Fabio. That is one job we will have to do.

“As far as we understand, the [Insua] deal has been completed between the clubs and his agent is sorting out personal terms. Maybe it was the right time for him to move on.”

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