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Figueroa expected to sign as Jansen rules out Reds

ESPN Soccernet staff
July 27, 2010
Marcell Jansen scored in the World Cup third-place play-off © Getty Images
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Marcell Jansen's agent says the Germany international will not be the solution to Liverpool's problems at left-back as he remains committed to Hamburg.

Jansen, who scored in Germany's 3-2 win over Uruguay in the third-place play-off at the World Cup, is reported to be a possible target for new Reds manager Roy Hodgson.

Liverpool are in desperate need of a new left-back having released Fabio Aurelio and sold Emiliano Insua to Fiorentina this summer. But Jansen, 24, is not a contender to move to Anfield, according to his representative Gerd vom Bruch.

"The interest in him is a credit to Marcell," he told Hamburger Morgenpost. "But he is under contract with Hamburger SV and will be respecting this."

Liverpool have been linked with a number of potential targets, including Fulham's Paul Konchesky and PSV left-back Carlos Salcido.

But it is Wigan's Maynor Figueroa who remains the most likely signing with an agent of the player telling the Daily Mirror: "Just a few details remain before we confirm the signing."

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