Raheem Sterling will "definitely not" sign a new contract with Liverpool according to a report in the London Evening Standard.
The newspaper quotes his agent Aidy Ward saying the 20-year-old England international would not remain at Anfield even if they were offering him £900,000 a week.
Radio station talkSPORT has subsequently reported that Ward denies saying the things he is quoted as saying in the Standard.
Ward has been widely criticised for his handling of negotiations after Sterling was offered a new £100,000-a-week deal in January.
"I don't care about the PR of the club and the club situation. I don't care," the London Evening Standard quoted Ward as saying.
"He is definitely not signing. He's not signing for £700,000, £800,000, £900,000 a week. He is not signing.
"My job is to make sure I do the best with them (my clients). If people say I am bad at my job, or they are badly advised it does not matter."
Ward is due to meet chief executive Ian Ayre on Friday to discuss Sterling's future and already this week has had to deny reports he will tell the club his client will not sign an extension to his existing deal, which still has two years to run.
"The story has been blown somewhat out of proportion.....[we] have a meeting scheduled with Liverpool later this week and we will take proceedings from there," he said on Tuesday.
Sterling was booed by some fans when he picked up his young player of the year award later that day but former Liverpool captain Graeme Souness believes they are entitled to do so.
"If he's privately making it known he wants to leave Liverpool then that word soon gets out and supporters are entitled to turn on him," he told Sky Sports.
"Just maybe someone should whisper in his ear and tell him he is not going anywhere."
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was infuriated by the way Sterling - and his representatives - have acted.
"For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract, to the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me," Carragher he told Sky Sports.
"You keep your mouth shut - get on with playing football."
Manchester United were reported to have made a cheeky enquiry about the youngster but senior sources at Old Trafford have said he is not on their list of targets.
Source: PA
