PRAGUE (AFP) - Czech league leaders Slavia Prague want veteran midfielder Patrik Berger to return to the club, director Petr Dolezal said Thursday.

"His contract runs out at the end of this season. We are sounding him out," Dolezal told Nova TV.

Berger played for Slavia from 1991-1995 before moving to Borussia Dortmund, where he picked up a Bundesliga title in 1996.

He joined Liverpool in the same year following the Czech national team's impressive run to the Euro-96 finals, moved to Portsmouth in 2003 and more recently Aston Villa where his extended contract runs out in May.

Slavia bowed out of the European Champions League on Wednesday but qualified for the UEFA Cup with a third group place and have a five point lead at the top of the Czech first division going into the winter recess.