Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has no plans to lower the club's asking price for goalkeeper Scott Carson.
The England international has spent the season on loan at Aston Villa and is keen to leave Liverpool on a permanent basis.
Villa boss Martin O'Neill is hoping to hang on to Carson, but is understood to be reluctant to meet the £10million fee thought to be demanded by the Reds.
However, Benitez says the figure was agreed last summer when Carson originally moved to Villa Park on loan.
And the Liverpool boss sees no reason why that sum should now change as Carson looks for first-team football on a regular basis.
"It is a matter between the clubs," said Benitez. "We agreed the fee with Aston Villa last year.
"The fee has been there for one season, so to talk about the fee now is not correct.
"We agreed with Martin O'Neill and that was the situation."
The England international has spent the season on loan at Aston Villa and is keen to leave Liverpool on a permanent basis.
Villa boss Martin O'Neill is hoping to hang on to Carson, but is understood to be reluctant to meet the £10million fee thought to be demanded by the Reds.
However, Benitez says the figure was agreed last summer when Carson originally moved to Villa Park on loan.
And the Liverpool boss sees no reason why that sum should now change as Carson looks for first-team football on a regular basis.
"It is a matter between the clubs," said Benitez. "We agreed the fee with Aston Villa last year.
"The fee has been there for one season, so to talk about the fee now is not correct.
"We agreed with Martin O'Neill and that was the situation."
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