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Roy Hodgson refutes agent's claims that Liverpool are in talks with Inter over Dirk Kuyt & insists Dutchman is not for sale
Reds boss claims Benitez signed agreement to rule out Anfield raid
25 Aug 2010 21:08:00
By Subhankar Mondal
After Dirk Kuyt's agent revealed earlier on Wednesday that the Dutch international wants to leave Anfield this summer to join Inter, Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has announced that the player is not for sale and that they haven't received any offer from the Italian club.
"Dirk has not expressed that sentiment to me," the Liverpool manager told reporters. "When he left the club, Rafael Benitez signed an agreement that he would not poach players from Liverpool.
"We haven't received an offer from any club so this is something obviously going on behind the scenes, with the agent possibly talking to the manager of Inter.
"We don't welcome any offers, we haven't received an offer and at this late stage of the transfer window it would be remarkably unusual for us to accept an offer for a player we don't want to leave for money we don't need."
The Liverpool manager also had some stern words for Kuyt's agent and said: "Dirk Kuyt has not told me he wants to go.
"I would suggest, with respect, if his agent had a serious plan to move him to the club he should have been working during the last four to five weeks and not the last few days.
"It is highly unlikely we could receive any offer from another club which we could seriously entertain."
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"Dirk has not expressed that sentiment to me," the Liverpool manager told reporters. "When he left the club, Rafael Benitez signed an agreement that he would not poach players from Liverpool.
"We haven't received an offer from any club so this is something obviously going on behind the scenes, with the agent possibly talking to the manager of Inter.
"We don't welcome any offers, we haven't received an offer and at this late stage of the transfer window it would be remarkably unusual for us to accept an offer for a player we don't want to leave for money we don't need."
The Liverpool manager also had some stern words for Kuyt's agent and said: "Dirk Kuyt has not told me he wants to go.
"I would suggest, with respect, if his agent had a serious plan to move him to the club he should have been working during the last four to five weeks and not the last few days.
"It is highly unlikely we could receive any offer from another club which we could seriously entertain."
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