Rafa Benitez has dismissed reports that Liverpool are targeting Palermo starlet Simon Kjaer as a replacement for Daniel Agger.
There has been continued speculation over Agger’s future following his apparent reluctance to sign a new deal at Anfield, and reports in Italy have suggested Kjaer, 20, has been lined up as a result. The player’s agent, Mikkel Beck, told setanta.com last month that Kjaer is available for €12 million (£10.9m) this summer, but Benitez insists there is no truth in the rumours.
“I can only say that Simon Kjaer is not on our agenda at the moment,” he told Stadionews24.
“I can say that if Daniel Agger were to leave, we are not planning to bring him in as a replacement.”
