• Premier League

Babel agrees Hoffenheim move

ESPN staff
January 24, 2011
Ryan Babel has had little playing time this season © PA Photos
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Just a matter of hours after manager Kenny Dalglish stated Ryan Babel would not be leaving Liverpool in January, the club have announced the forward has agreed a move to Hoffenheim.

At the press conference on Monday morning, Dalglish ended talk of a move to either Ajax or Hoffenheim for Babel. He said: "He is staying here."

However, those words now look somewhat hollow as the Reds have released a statement confirming the Netherlands international is bound for the Bundesliga.

"Ryan Babel has agreed a move to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim," read a statement on Liverpool's official website. "The Dutch international will fly to Germany tomorrow to finalise the deal.

"The move comes six days after Liverpool accepted a bid for the 24-year-old striker from the Bundesliga outfit."

Babel has struggled to nail down a first-team place since joining from Ajax in 2007. He had indicated a preference to return to Ajax, but now seems set to ply his trade in Germany.

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