Liverpool have made a formal £6 million bid for Blackburn striker Craig Bellamy, according to reports.

The Liverpool Echo claim manager Rafael Benitez has made his move to test the validity of a supposed exit clause which can be activated by an offer of that amount.

Benitez is keen to find more firepower for his side as he tries to make them to genuine Premiership title challengers and Bellamy certainly fits the bill after an impressive season with Rovers in which he scored 17 times.

The 25-year-old Wales striker would certainly add a cutting edge to a misfiring forward line which has already lost Fernando Morientes, sold to Valencia, from last season and Djibril Cisse who, despite a broken leg, remains a target for Marseille.