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Agger going nowhere - Hodgson

ESPN staff
December 30, 2010
Roy Hodgson is adamant Daniel Agger will remain a Liverpool player © PA Photos
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Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has rubbished reports linking Daniel Agger with a move away from Anfield.

The defender had been linked with a January transfer, with Wolfsburg sporting director Dieter Hoeness claiming they had been given the chance to buy Agger and suggesting he had been "offered to clubs around Europe".

Agger was an unused substitute for the Reds in their 1-0 defeat against Wolves on Wednesday, having recovered from a calf injury that has sidelined him since the beginning of October. But despite his lack of recent first-team action, Hodgson insists any talk of a January move for the Dane is untrue.

"Daniel Agger has not been 'offered' to anybody," Hodgson told the club's official website. "Daniel Agger is a Liverpool player and there's a good chance he'll be in the Liverpool team on Saturday [against Bolton].

"So if ever you hear Daniel Agger is being 'offered', it's not by Liverpool Football Club - it's by unscrupulous people who are second guessing and looking at players who have not been in the team in the last couple of weeks and suggesting they might be available. But anytime you read that, it is untrue."

Agger's agent Per Steffensen echoed Hodgson's claims, insisting there is no truth in the rumours. He said: "I'm surprised by the things I hear. If a club wants to get rid of a player the most obvious thing is that the clubs goes to the player and tell him about their plans. That has not happened."

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