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Liverpool make contact over PSV's Memphis Depay

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By Mirror | Apr 21, 2015

Brendan Rodgers has been given the green light to make a summer transfer splash after being assured by Liverpool’s owners his future is secure.

The Reds have already made preliminary contact with Dutch star Memphis Depay, and the manager will also be allowed to pursue a top class midfielder and at least one striker, as Rodgers attempts to steer a subtle change in transfer policy.

Despite increasing speculation linking Jurgen Klopp with a summer switch to Anfield, the American owners have reiterated their support for their manager by making it known his position is under no immediate threat despite Sunday’s Wembley woes.

John Henry and Tom Werner will illustrate their commitment to Rodgers, and a belief in his long term vision, by allowing him to conduct the clear-out long-planned for the summer, and identify the new talent required to strengthen a squad that has desperately struggled in recent weeks.

Rodgers wants a slight change in the recruitment policy which has placed a strong emphasis on young players with potential, by bringing more established stars better placed to go straight into the first team.

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Depay – despite being only 21 – fits that bill with his international experience, after scoring two goals at last summer’s World Cup finals. Liverpool have been given permission to talk to the player by his club PSV, who told the Reds the starting price will be between £15-£18m.

The winger has also been given permission to speak to Paris St Germain, but despite reports to the contrary there has been no such approach from Manchester United, with the Old Trafford club instead merely asking to be kept informed of the situation.

United boss Louis van Gaal worked with Depay at the World Cup, but he already has too many players in that position, and unless either Juan Mata or Angel Di Maria leaves in the summer, he will concentrate his sights on a different position.

Rodgers is keen to bring him to Anfield, and he also wants an established central midfielder to replace Steven Gerrard, with Sporting Lisbon’s experienced international William Carvalho on his radar.