Warnock said: “I’ve no doubt whatsoever that we’ll lose him unless the chairman sells the club. But you never know what is around the corner – someone might come in and buy the club and tell me I can keep him.

“He’ll be a big loss, but he would be for anybody.”

At £5m, Moses would be a welcome addition to Liverpool’s strike force, and take some of the pressure of Fernando Torres. He scored with a brilliant overhead kick at the weekend to rescue a point for Palace.