Liverpool are set to land Barcelona winger Cristian Tello on loan for the rest of the season, according to reports in Spain.

Brendan Rodgers' bid to take Liverpool back to the Champions League has suffered in the last week following back-to-back defeats at Manchester City and Chelsea and the accumulation of several injuries to first-team players.

Following the 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, Rodgers expressed his desire to bring in reinforcements in January and Radio Marca claim Tello will be the first new arrival at Anfield next month.

The 22-year-old, rated at £10.5m, has managed just two league starts for Barca this season and admitted last month that he would consider leaving the Nou Camp if his first-team prospects did not improve.

Tello, who is under contract until 2018, has one senior cap for Spain and featured prominently during the Under-21's European Championship-winning campaign in Israel back in June.

Source: talkSPORT