El Mundo Deportivo: Liverpool mulling over €20 million offer for David Villa

The future of David Villa continues to be debated in the Spanish and English press with the Barcelona striker set to be one of the major names in the January 2013 transfer window.

Catalan paper El Mundo Deportivo say Liverpool had expected to complete a loan deal for David Villa until the end of the season but Barcelona said “no”.

Villa however is keen for more playing time and is open to a move to England. Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is also eager to link the Spaniard with Luis Suarez, according to El Mundo Deportivo.

Chelsea are also interested in Villa and Liverpool are now mulling over a 20 million offer to secure his services in the next month.

These reports, while undoubtedly exciting for Liverpool fans could well be simply a ploy for Villa to gain more playing time at Barcelona.

Video footage of all the goals scored by David Villa this season can be seen below.