Shelvey could be on his way to Stoke

Jonjo Shelvey could be on his way out of Anfield – with Stoke plotting a swoop in the summer. The ex-Charlton prospect has recently been frozen out of the first-team by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and sources say he will be allowed to leave for £7million. Potters manager Tony Pulis sent a two-man delegation to check on Shelvey in a reserve match last week. Pulis sees the 21-year-old midfielder as an ideal ­ replacement for another former Anfield star, Charlie Adam, who looks set to leave the Britannia which would create a vacancy in the squad and on the payroll that Shelvey could fill. Liverpool are struggling to qualify for Europe which could trigger a move for long-serving keeper Pepe Reina, with Sunderland No.1 Simon Mignolet on Rodgers’ radar. He is convinced that Spanish international Reina, who has been below par this season, will quit Anfield this summer and wants the Black Cats’ Belgian keeper as his replacement. Mignolet, 24, had to pledge his future to Sunderland last week after his agent hinted that he would like to join a bigger club. But Liverpool are keen and may send Sunderland old boy Jordan Henderson in the opposite direction to clinch the deal. Henderson cost the Kop a staggering £17m and has shown some promise lately. Rodgers would be reluctant to let the midfielder go and certainly not on the cheap. Rodgers also admires Michel Vorm at old club Swansea and has monitored Ali Al Habsi at Wigan. There are other foreign keepers ­ being studied, but the Anfield club would prefer Premier League experience. Liverpool expect Reina to be a target for bids in the next window and have been actively looking at replacements.