Exclusive – Rodgers to talk with Cole and Aquilani about their futures

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has told talkSPORT that he intends to talk with Joe Cole and Alberto Aquilani about their futures with the club.

The midfielders have spent the last season out on loan at Lille and AC Milan respectively but will return to Anfield over the summer.

And Rodgers believes that it is important to sit down with the players and find out the reason why it hasn’t worked out for the duo so far in their Liverpool careers.

“They’re certainly talented players,” said the 39-year-old. “I know Joe well from my time at Chelsea. He’s a wonderful talent.

“I thought Aquilani was a really good player. I’d seen him in the Champions League and he came to Liverpool but it didn’t quite work out and he went back [to Italy] on loan.

“There might be other situations. I just need to find out from speaking with those players because there are always other reasons.

“The boy Aquilani is a wonderful talent and a terrific player but he might not be able to settle. He might not be able to adapt to the country so you’ve got all those issues and sometimes you’re not aware of that until you sit down and speak to the people.”

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