Reina wishes Barca return

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina, on loan at Napoli until the end of the season, dreams of a return to Barcelona in the summer of 2014.

The 31-year-old shot-stepper came through the ranks of the Blaugrana youth academy, but left the Catalan club for Villarreal in the summer of 2002, after failing to secure regular first-team action at the Camp Nou side.

Nevertheless, he has now set his sights on a return to his boyhood club as the Spanish champions prepare for life after Victor Valdes, who will leave the club at the end of the 2013-14 campaign.

"It would be great to return to Barcelona. I am very happy that my name's being mentioned," Reina told Catalunya Radio.

"Nothing has been signed, though. I assume that they have been talking with a lot of goalkeepers and have shortlisted a number of them. We will see what happens next year."

Reina has a contract with Liverpool until June 2016.


/Goal.Com/