Liverpool defender Daniel Agger will not be joining Real Madrid according to his manager Rafa Benitez.
Real Madrid made their interest in the player known overnight as they seek defensive cover for Pepe and the departing Fabio Cannavaro.
The Spanish champions earmarked Daniel Agger as their ideal candidate and declared their intention to sign the player in the January transfer window through vice-president Jose Angel Sanchez.
However, their attempts to secure the signature of the Danish international have met a strong rebuttal from Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez.
Although Agger is currently out of favour at Anfield, Benitez insisted that the 22 year-old would be moving nowhere, and that his future lay at Liverpool.
Agger has recently threatened to invoke a 'Webster Clause' - whereby he would be entitled to buy his own way out of his Liverpool deal, which is due to expire in 2010.
However, since the threat, Benitez has made the right noises about a new contract and first team football.
To Liverpool's official website, Benitez declared today: "The situation is very simple, Daniel Agger is our player and he is not for sale.
"His future is at Anfield and nowhere else. He knows my ideas because we have talked with him and he has a long future with us.
"We do not want to lose our concentration just before we play Manchester City by talking about other things but it is important that people know that Agger is not for sale."
Real Madrid made their interest in the player known overnight as they seek defensive cover for Pepe and the departing Fabio Cannavaro.
The Spanish champions earmarked Daniel Agger as their ideal candidate and declared their intention to sign the player in the January transfer window through vice-president Jose Angel Sanchez.
However, their attempts to secure the signature of the Danish international have met a strong rebuttal from Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez.
Although Agger is currently out of favour at Anfield, Benitez insisted that the 22 year-old would be moving nowhere, and that his future lay at Liverpool.
Agger has recently threatened to invoke a 'Webster Clause' - whereby he would be entitled to buy his own way out of his Liverpool deal, which is due to expire in 2010.
However, since the threat, Benitez has made the right noises about a new contract and first team football.
To Liverpool's official website, Benitez declared today: "The situation is very simple, Daniel Agger is our player and he is not for sale.
"His future is at Anfield and nowhere else. He knows my ideas because we have talked with him and he has a long future with us.
"We do not want to lose our concentration just before we play Manchester City by talking about other things but it is important that people know that Agger is not for sale."
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