Benitez drops Agger hint

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has hinted that Daniel Agger is a part of his future first-team plans. The centre-back has been persistently linked with a move away Anfield, with AC Milan understood to be monitoring prolonged contract negotiations.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.However, Benitez has implied that the Denmark international could regain a regular place in his plans if he remains on Merseyside.The Liverpool boss said in the Mail on Sunday: "Agger knows what I think of him."If he stays fit, he will have as good a chance of playing as anyone else, maybe more."

Source: SKY_Sports