Liverpool to buy Mexican winger

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is tracking Mexican star Hector Herrera.

According to a report in the Daily Mirror, Pachuca winger Herrera has starred for Mexico Under-23s, and his club’s executive director Andres Fassi says Liverpool have made enquiries about the 21-year-old.

Fassi told ESPN: “At the moment, we know Liverpool is interested. But that’s all it is at this point, an interest.

“If Herrera leaves, it will be thanks to a sale. We will not loan him out or send him for a trial.

Kenny Dalglish is under no illusions that his future at Liverpool is a certainty unless he delivers the goods.

The Reds manager goes into Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Everton knowing defeat would leave him more vulnerable to the same fate as axed director of football Damien Comolli, according to a report.

Chairman Tom Werner explained this week that Comolli's departure did not immediately impact on the manager's position, and reiterated his confidence in Dalglish's ability to turn around the results which he agreed ultimately hastened the Frenchman's dismissal, according to the Daily Mirror.

However, the message to Dalglish is crystal clear.

Liverpool's American owners want to see a drastic improvement in the club's performances.

Having invested £120 million on acquiring players over the past year, principal owner John Henry has every right demand results.

Their minimum requirement was to see Liverpool become a top-four club again.

Kenny Dalglish was offered NO assurances over his long-term future in crisis talks with Liverpool's owners this week.

Werner explained: "I would say we certainly have the resources to compete with anybody in football.
 
"We feel we are a club that needs to be perceived as the strongest club in football and we want to get there."

With Comolli out of the picture, Dalglish will now take sole responsibility for the team's performance.

Winning the FA Cup would ensure he is given a chance to select the players he feels he needs in the summer transfer market to mould a winning team, the report added.

However, defeat by a club with a fraction of the financial muscle of Liverpool would spell doom for Dalglish.

The owners are hugely disappointed with the Kop legend's failure to get them near to the Premier League top four.

The Americans will continue to back Dalglish in the short term but that his longer term future will be decided without sentiment purely on results.

This is despite the backing he has got from Liverpool legend Ian Rush and veteran defender Jamie Carragher.

"We have to remember where we were when he came in: we hadn't won a trophy for six years, and we were in disarray," he said.

"Now we have won a trophy (the Carling Cup in February), we are in a semi-final. Okay, we're not in the top four, where we would all like to be, but it is not easy getting in the top four now.

"Without results, criticism is the price on the ticket and we all accept that, to a certain extent, but I think some of the criticism towards the manager has crossed the line.

"For me, he is the most iconic figure in British football.

"You have great players and great managers and he is in both camps. Stein, Busby, Ferguson, Paisley, Shankly, Clough, Dalglish; all these great managers and he is in there.

"And he is in with all the great players as well. None of those people you mention are in both camps.

"I'm not saying that should absolve him of any criticism, but some of it has crossed the line."

Rush credited Dalglish for turning the fortunes of the club around.

"Winning trophies, that is what it is about. Kenny Dalglish has been there one year and they've won one trophy and possibly two," Rush said.

"The league is disappointing but more frustrating because on their day they know they can beat anyone.

"Liverpool have already won the League Cup but if they were to win a second trophy it would be a successful season."
 

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