• The 31-year-old goalkeeper says he wants to stay at Anfield • 'I'm satisfied, comfortable and my family are very happy'

José Reina admits he is flattered to be linked with a return to his former club Barcelona but has again insisted he is happy at Liverpool, with whom he is under contract until 2016.

Reina is one of the names being touted as a possible replacement for the long-serving Barça goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has told the Catalan club he intends to leave and could sever his ties with them this summer.

The 31-year-old Reina, who came up through the youth ranks at Barça before joining Villarreal over a decade ago, said of the speculation: "I have three more years with Liverpool. I'm satisfied, comfortable and my family are very happy. Rumours are difficult to control but it's flattering when a club like Barça are interested in you."

The Spain international told radio station Cadena Ser: "I don't know if there has been contact between the clubs or with my agent. At the moment I don't think there's anything serious."

Reina hopes to finish his career back in his homeland, but the Liverpool goalkeeper added: "I don't know how long I've got left in football, what I do know is I want to enjoy what remains and feel appreciated and at Liverpool I have that."

Reina, son of the former Barça goalkeeper Miguel Reina, played several first-team matches while still a teenager at Camp Nou but left the club in 2002 without winning any major silverware.

In the last half-a-dozen years Barça have emerged as the dominant force in both Spain and Europe, winning trophy after trophy, but Reina is not dwelling on what might have been.

"The years I was at Barcelona were very good, I don't have any bad feelings about not succeeding there. I played more than 50 games, when I was less than 20, it helped me grow a lot," he said.

"I would've liked to have played there more, of course, but there's no need to over-dramatise things."