Exclusive: Liverpool will sell Voronin to finance Barry deal
Published 00:00 18/07/08 By By James Nursey
Liverpool will sell Andrei Voronin to finally seal Gareth Barry's bitter switch from Aston Villa.
Barry, 27, yesterday faced his Villa boss Martin O'Neill for the first time this summer.
The midfielder and his agent spent an hour with O'Neill and Villa director Paul Faulkner at the club's training ground.
There Barry stated his desire for a move after four rejected Anfield bids.
O'Neill is ready to wash his hands of the star - and does not want his squad distracted by Barry's return from a two-week ban. Liverpool are now poised to return with a fifth bid of £16million plus Irish full-back Steve Finnan, 32.
Liverpool plan to sell former Leverkusen striker Voronin, 27, to a German club for around £3m to help finance the long-running deal.
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