Source: Daily_Mail
EXCLUSIVE: Juventus and Inter set to fight Milan for Liverpool defender Agger
Liverpool [LNB]are a step closer to losing Daniel Agger after Juventus and Inter Milan joined the chase to sign him at the end of the campaign.[LNB]AC Milan wanted to recruit the Denmark defender during the January transfer window and have held informal talks about taking him to the San Siro in time for next season.[LNB]Reports that influential Milan officials hosted a lunch in the city for Agger's agent Per Steffensen has alerted other Serie A sides to the 24-year old's likely availability, and Inter and Juventus have now expressed an interest.[LNB][LNB] Misery on Merseyside: Agger is fed up kicking his heels on the bench[LNB]With Agger's Anfield contract having just over a year to run, Juventus boss Claudio Ranieri and Inter's Jose Mourinho sense an opportunity to sign a top central defender on the cheap.[LNB]Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has already stressed to his team of negotiators that Agger is his priority target to become the cornerstone of a new-look defence next season, and he still hopes to win the race in the summer.[LNB]Liverpool have so far failed to find any common ground with Steffensen over terms for a new deal, while Sportsmail reported before Christmas that the £5million signing from Brondby also had reservations about his first-team opportunities under Rafa Benitez.[LNB]He confirmed as much last week by pouring out his frustrations at finding himself on the bench more than in the starting line-up in recent games.[LNB]'Let's be honest, if I'm not playing, the position is untenable, and it cannot go on like that,' he said. [LNB]'It is never nice for a footballer not to be playing regularly. That is something I will not hide, and the fact is, he (Benitez) does not want to let me play.[LNB]'I feel I am good enough to be playing, so it irritates me when I don't. I am waiting for the chance to play a number of matches and show that I am good enough.'[LNB] Voronin happy at Hertha as talks start about leaving Liverpool for good[LNB]HATCHET MAN: Control freak Benitez will leave Liverpool rudderless, hopeless and staffless when he decamps to the Nou Camp[LNB]Benitez: I'm 'dead' worried over new Liverpool deal[LNB]LIVERPOOL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
