AC Milan are set to send midfielder Alberto Aquilani back to Liverpool.

Aquilani, who spent last season on loan at Juventus, has made 21 domestic appearances for Milan and would trigger a mandatory £5million buyout clause should he make a further four outings before the end of the current campaign.

But the Italian giants are putting the former Roma playmaker in the wilderness rather than allow that to happen - which would make a return to Anfield his next move.