WE’VE all been wondering who’s going to be playing left-back for Liverpool next season then up pops our old friend Fabio Aurelio.

The Brazilian actually ended up playing in Sunday’s friendly defeat in Moenchengladbach – as did Emiliano Insua whose proposed move to Fiorentina stalled over wage demands but I’d still expect new manager Roy Hodgson to go out and make what I’d call a ‘proper signing’ of a left-back.

Hodgson’s not daft and I think that re-signing Aurelio is another sensible move from a man who is going about his business at Anfield in a very sensible manner.

It won’t have cost Hodgson anything to sign him and Aurelio will have been told that with the pay-as-you-play nature of his new deal then he’ll be on x amount when he’s in the team and x amount if he’s injured.

I’m sure Aurelio will be delighted to have been offered another contract – it doesn’t sound like clubs have been hammering his door down with lucrative deals – and he knows the drill and knows the players at Liverpool.

I imagine that Hodgson made his move as soon as the Luke Young deal fell through but I still don’t imagine that Aurelio is going to play loads of game for Liverpool next season.