Mourinho Begs Real Madrid To Make £30m Offer For Gerrard

Jose Mourinho is ready to make one last-ditch attempt to sign Steven Gerrard.
The Real Madrid coach is trying to persuade the Bernabeu hierarchy to offer the £30million required to prise the England captain from Liverpool.
Spanish sources indicate that Mourinho is a long way from giving up on the midfielder and his renewed interest is another problem for Roy Hodgson, who admitted last night that he can do no more to keep striker Fernando Torres.

New boss Hodgson coaxed Gerrard into publicly committing his future to Liverpool last week, but he insists that issues with the debt-laden club are what have prevented Torres following suit.  
Mourinho, who repeatedly clashed with former Liverpool boss Benitez when he was in charge at Chelsea, has long been an admirer of Gerrard.
The Real Madrid manager's revived interest is almost a repeat of what happened six years ago, when an apparently disenchanted Gerrard looked set for a move to Chelsea.
But the England star decided to stay at Anfield after a discussion with Benitez who took over from Gerard Houllier.
Mourinho has again done nothing to quell speculation linking him with Gerrard, who tops his wish list.
He hopes to show Real president Florentino Perez the value of making Gerrard a notable exception to the Spanish club's normal practice of recruiting younger players.
If successful, it would be devastating to Hodgson, whose three-week reign has been beset by problems.
Gerrard is critical to Liverpool's chances of even moderate success because of the message it would send out if he was sold.
Hodgson would find it virtually impossible to replace the homegrown skipper and his sale would also certainly seal Torres's exit into the bargain.