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Reds line up Finn-al Barry bid
Liverpool reportedly want to offer Steve Finnan to Aston Villa in a final bid to land Gareth Barry for less than the £18million asking price.
Barry's proposed move to Anfield has been one of the summer's longest transfer sagas but Martin O'Neill has accepted his skipper will leave, and has urged his counterpart Rafa Benitez to stump up the cash and get the deal done.
Liverpool do not want to pay much above £15million, though, and will now offer Finnan to the Villans to save money for their other summer targets.
O'Neill is a known admirer of the right-back and has been linked with a straight cash bid anyway, so Liverpool are hopeful they will finally be able to take Barry to Anfield.
The News of the World says Finnan will be valued at around £1.5million in the deal, with Villa due a further £500,000 if the Reds finish in the top four of the Premier League next season.
A source close to Liverpool said in the newspaper: "There has been so much haggling in the past week and the mood has been very tense at times but both sides seem to be close to deal."
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