Napoli want permanent deal for Kop keeper currently with them on a season's loan but Atletico Madrid are also interested in taking him home to Spain
Pepe Reina will activate a £4.5million release clause to end his long Liverpool tenure this summer.
The keeper is being pursued by both Atletico Madrid and Napoli, where he is currently on a year-long loan.
And after the Reds' manager Brendan Rodgers spelled out that the Spanish stopper has no future at the club, he will use the contract clause - set at €5m - to spark the move.
Reina said recently he was open to an Anfield return when his loan deal in Italy ends, but Rodgers shot that down by pointing out the keeper had already said goodbye to the club's fans in an open letter when he joined Napoli.
"I was surprised at the letter - when you are a loan player I would expect that he should come back, but obviously Pepe made it very clear when he went to Napoli that he was looking to move," the Reds boss said recently.
"He penned a great big letter saying he was going to work with the best manager that he'd worked with and thanked for his time for Liverpool. So for me it probably sounded like he'd made his decision there."
Now, Reina has insisted he has two years left on his contract and could return to Anfield, but he also pointedly suggested, in a BBC interview, that Rafa Benitez - who took him to Merseyside in 2005 and re-signed him for Napoli - is the best coach he's ever worked with.
When asked if the door was shut on a Liverpool return, the 31-year-old said: "That is what the manager says apparently but I have two years left on my contract.
"Liverpool got another goalkeeper and they told me they were happy to loan me for a season. It was strange but I don't regret it.
"There are always up and downs in a career and in the last two-and-a-half years at Liverpool there were different methods and perhaps I didn't do as good as I used to with Rafa.
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