Getafe president slaps price tag on Liverpool target

Getafe president Angel Torres has put a price on the head of the club's star striker Riki.Riki has scored four times this season as Getafe have soared to the top of the Primera Liga and that has sparked rumours of interest from other clubs, not least European champions
Liverpool.

Deportivo La Coruna tried to buy the 25-year-old during the summer and now Rafael Benitez is thought to be interested in taking Riki to Anfield, where he could solve the club's search for both goals and a player able to perform on the wing.Riki has a buy-out clause of just 6million euros (£4m), but Torres says anyone who wants the striker will have to pay it in full.

"We realise that Liverpool or any big club could want Riki, but nobody has officially spoken to us. I don't know if they have spoken to his agent," he told Marca."I have to say that not Liverpool nor anyone are going to get him for 4million euros (£2.73m) - they have to pay his buy-out clause."

Torres knows Riki's importance to the side but is aware that he would be powerless to stop him leaving if any team were willing to pay the asking price.

"He is an adaptable striker who is in the news and it would be a shame for us to lose him, but it's obvious that if someone pays his buy-out clause and he wants to go then there is nothing we can do about it," he added.

"I am not surprised Liverpool may want him because he is in incredible form at the moment. Liverpool have scouts here and all over the place."