DIEGO CAVALIERI'S two-year stay at Liverpool could soon be over after boss Roy Hodgson revealed Serie A outfit Cesena are in advanced talks to sign him.

The Brazilian keeper will be on the bench for tomorrow night's Europa League play-off first leg against Trabzonspor at Anfield but then he will fly to Italy in the hope of thrashing out a deal.

Cavalieri has made no secret of his desire to move this summer and spoke with Hodgson when the manager arrived in July about his need to play regular football.

Now that Hodgson has drafted in keeper Brad Jones from Middlesbrough as cover for Pepe Reina, Cavalieri is likely to be on his way. 

Hodgson said: "Brad is not eligible for tomorrow because when we had to submit the squad list for these matches he was not signed for the club and you can't put players on the bench who aren't signed.

"Diego will be the substitute keeper on Thursday and he will then travel to Cesena for a medical. If that goes well the chances are we will need to use a third keeper as back up for Pepe for the second leg.

"I can understand that Diego wants to play football."

Cesena were promoted to Serie A back in May after finishing as runners-up in Serie B.

Meanwhile, Javier Mascherano (calf) and Daniel Agger (concussion) will both miss tomorrow's game after failing to recover from injuries suffered in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal.