Liverpool eye Heskey in January sales

Emile Heskey may return to play in front of the Kop next year, if
reports linking him with a return to Liverpool across the British press
are correct.

Heskey is keen for Champions League football next season

The
Wigan striker, 30, has been in fine form for both club and country this
season, and his current contract is due to expire next summer.

JJB
manager Steve Bruce admits his heavyweight frontman could quit Wigan
once the transfer window opens, and Heskey himself has done nothing to
quell the speculation. "Yeah, I hope [to attract interest]," he said.
"It's a nice situation that I'm in, but I'm still a Wigan player and I
want to do my best for them. Everyone wants to be playing on these big
stages, and for their club to be in the Champions League."

Liverpool
manager Rafael Benitez may try to sign the former Red in the January
transfer window, although he could face stiff competition from Aston
Villa and Tottenham, who are also believed to be jostling for the
striker's signature.

An added advantage of Heskey's signing in
January would be the fact that he is not cup-tied, and so would be
eligible to take part in Liverpool's Champions League campaign.

Heskey
spent four years at Anfield, from 2000-2004, after arriving for a
then-record £11m from Leicester City. Benitez' predecessor Gerard
Houllier offloaded the attacker to Birmingham for £3.5m, shortly before
the Spaniard's arrival at Liverpool at the end of the 2003-2004 season.