Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano is hoping for an Anfield reunion with his friend Carlos Tevez.
Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano came over together in 2006.
The Argentina captain and his international team-mate were briefly atWest Ham together when they arrived in the Premier League in August2006.
But now midfielder Mascherano, who joined Liverpool in January 2007, isaware of the speculation that he could be re-united with his strikingcolleague at Anfield.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has been linked with a move for Tevez, whose loan deal at Manchester United ends next month.
Benitez pointedly refused to discuss names of his transfer targetsafter Liverpool's final game of the season on Sunday when they beatSpurs 3-1 to clinch runners-up spot.
But there is little United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could do about such a move once the player's loan is over.
Mascherano said: ''It would be great to have Carlos here with me, Iknow how good he is. But I don't really know what the situation is, itis certainly a difficult one.
''I don't know exactly what is happening. The only thing I can say is that he is a great player and a great person.''
Mascherano will at least be playing in the same side as Tevez nextmonth, when Argentina have two World Cup qualifiers against Columbiaand Ecuador.
He said: ''I will be with Carlos in the national team shortly, and weknow we have to win important games and if we can get six points fromour next two matches we will be closer to the World Cup.
''It's important to win both games and see what happens, but obviouslyI want to be in South Africa for the finals next summer.''
Whether they can end up at Anfield together next season is a question for Benitez and Liverpool's American owners.
But it is believed that Tevez does not want to move from his Cheshirehome and intends staying in the Premier League if he does eventuallyleave Manchester United.
Mascherano admits to ''not feeling good'' about Liverpool's failure to land the title.
He said: ''We wanted to win the league and we were very close, but we accept that Manchester United did very well also.
''It is difficult to take, because if you look at the table and you seeLiverpool with 86 points, that's enough to win the league in manyprevious seasons.
''Previous champions have had less points than we had this season. Butwe have to improve, and we will be ready for next season after what hasbeen a good campaign and better than the last four or five seasonsbeforehand.''
He added: ''It is not easy knowing you have really good players and you finish only second, it is difficult to understand.
''We will have to see what happens now. We have the squad to compete inthe league, but maybe if some new players came to improve the team itwould be great for us next season. It does not need improving too much,maybe a little bit.
''We need to improve at home. We dropped a lot of points at homebecause we didn't have that experience to finish the games, but nextseason we will have the experience and maybe it will be better for us.
''You can see against the top sides we almost beat all of them. But athome we dropped a lot of points against Hull, Manchester City andFulham. Winning those points could have won us the league.''
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