Liverpool and QPR chasing Barcelona midfielder Alexander Hleb

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Barcelona are ready to make Alexander Hleb a free agent (Picture: Corbis)

The move comes two weeks after Hleb returned to Barcelona
following a failed loan spell with Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg, who had
asked to terminate his season-long agreement six months early, after the
30-year-old struggled with form and fitness, making just four
appearances this term.

Hleb has also spent time on loan with Stuttgart and Birmingham City in the last two seasons, after manager
Pep Guardiola lost patience with the versatile attacker in June 2009, just 12 months after signing him from Arsenal in a £15 million deal.

As
Metro reported last month, Barcelona have been offering Hleb around
Premier League clubs in a bid to get his hefty £90,000-a-week wages off
their books, but with no takers, the reigning Spanish and European
Champions are ready to make him a free agent with immediate effect.

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The Belarus midfielder enjoyed a successful spell at Arsenal (Picture: Alan Walter)

Hleb is willing to accept a pay off by the Catalan club, and
hopes he can now seal a return to English football, after recently
admitting he wasted the best years of his career by opting to quit
Arsenal in 2008: 'I've given away the best years of my career. And I
hold no one responsible for it.'

Queens Park Rangers have shown a
strong interest in bringing Hleb back to London, but Liverpool boss
Kenny Dalglish is also keeping his options open, but has other targets
in the pipeline at present.

Hleb is currently contracted to Barcelona until the end of the season.