Spanish star David Villa Sánchez has hinted he would like to move to Liverpool, if he heads to England this summer.
The Valencia striker has lit up Euro 2008 with four goals in their opening two group games.
A host of clubs are tracking Villa with Liverpool and Chelsea reported to be heading the queue for the diminutive front-man.
Villa, who has linked up so well with current Reds star Fernando Torres for Spain, admits he would be tempted by the prospect of playing with him on a weekly basis.
"Liverpool and Chelsea are both big clubs with a lot of attraction," he told the News of the World.
Villa, nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid), also admitted that Liverpool's Spanish coach Rafa Benitez could play a big role in attracting him as he tried to sign him earlier in his career.
"Liverpool have a Spanish coach and I also have a lot of friends there," he said.
"When Rafa was coach at Valencia and I was at Zaragoza there was contact about me joining Valencia but I couldn't arrive until the year after he left there."
Born at 3 December 1981, in Langreo, the Asturias region in Northern Spain, Villa got his professional breakthrough at his local club Sporting de Gijón, for whom he made his first-team debut in the 2000–01 season.
Real Zaragoza bought him in the summer of 2003, and he scored 17 times in his first season at Zaragoza. Villa led Zaragoza to a Copa del Rey victory scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid.
Soon after he earned his first international call-up and cap, Valencia decided to take a chance on him and parted with €12 million (£8.2 million) to secure his services in the summer of 2005.
Villa made his national debut on 9 February 2005 in Almeria. It was a match between Spain and San Marino in which Spain won 5–0.
Villa was included in Spain's 23 man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was favoured over the more established striker Raúl, to line up alongside Fernando Torres in the opening match against Ukraine. And he made his first World Cup finals appearance scoring twice against Ukraine.
Source: Sportinglife.com
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