Benitez drops Agger hint

29 March 2009 13:22
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has hinted that Daniel Agger is a part of his future first-team plans.[LNB] The centre-back has been persistently linked with a move away Anfield, with AC Milan understood to be monitoring prolonged contract negotiations.[LNB]Agger - whose season has been hit by injury - has yet to put pen-to-paper on a long-term deal as he is not guaranteed a place in the starting XI after apparently falling behind Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel and Sami Hyypia in the pecking order.[LNB]However, Benitez has implied that the Denmark international could regain a regular place in his plans if he remains on Merseyside.[LNB]The Liverpool boss said in the Mail on Sunday: "Agger knows what I think of him.[LNB]"If he stays fit, he will have as good a chance of playing as anyone else, maybe more."[LNB]

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