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Liverpool FC are in talks with Nacional over a loan move for defender Sebastian Coates .

The 23-year-old centre-back is keen to return to his former club in Uruguay in order to complete his rehabilitation from a cruciate ligament injury.

Coates has been sidelined since he was hurt playing for his country in a friendly against Japan last August.

He underwent surgery in South America before returning to Merseyside to work with Liverpool's medical staff at Melwood.

Coates hasn't given up hope of forcing his way back into the Uruguay squad for this summer's World Cup finals but knows to achieve that dream he needs game time.

With a comeback still a few months away, he believes he will have a better chance of achieving that at Nacional rather than staying with the Reds.

“It would be beautiful to join Nacional and complete my recovery in Uruguay with my family and friends,” Coates said.

"The negotiations can be hard sometimes, and we have to wait a bit."

Coates has made 24 appearances for Liverpool since his £5million move from Nacional in 2011.

He was expected to leave Anfield permanently last summer but the cruciate ligament injury wrecked the Reds' plans of off-loading him.

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