[lfc-news] Traore set to sign new deal - Echo

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Liverpool Echo, 1 June 2005
Traore set to sign new deal
EXCLUSIVE by Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

BORN again defender Djimi Traore is ready to sign a new four-year deal
at Anfield.

But, veteran defender Mauricio Pellegrino has been told he won't be
retained next season.

Traore was a matter of hours from joining David Moyes at Everton during
the last pre-season, but a last minute change of heart kept him at Anfield.

That hasn't stopped Everton tracking the left-back's progress, but the
Frenchman's triumphant finale to the season has convinced him to stay at
Liverpool.

He currently has just one year left on his contract, but that will be
extended until 2009 when talks conclude in a few weeks.

This will complete a staggering image transformation for the defender
who admits he feared he had played his last game for the club following
his own goal against Burnley in the FA Cup.

Dutch winger Bolo Zenden, meanwhile, is the latest player to be touted
as part of Rafa Benitez's squad rebuilding plans .

The 28-year-old is a free agent after spending a year on-loan from
Chelsea at Middlesbrough.

Sources in Holland claim Zenden, capped 53 times by the Netherlands, is
set for talks at Anfield this summer.

Jamie Carragher will also open contract talks before the start of next
season, as will Steven Gerrard, who has already told club officials he
is definitely staying at the club.

Didi Hamann is also ready to pen the one-year-extension to his contract,
with the option of another 12 months.

Pellegrino, however, will not be back at Anfield for pre-season on June 27.

The former Valencia stopper was not convincing enough during his six
month spell to secure the option of an additional year.

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