Agger

[Danish_Pastry]

I'm pretty sure, that in case Agger had been on the bench, when Masch had to be taken out, then it would have been him, not Sami, comming on.

By the way - it was pure luck, that Rafa did notice in time to stop the 4th. official (or did he??) so Masch could come off .... (although I'm sure N'gog would have been a real threat for a third goal).

[kalesh]

These malicious rumours regarding Agger are obviously false - why else would Rafa risk dropping Hyypia from the Champions League squad?

[Rich]

Yet we still have fools even on this thread making jokey comments about it

[CJ]

i just wonderred thats all. i am aware of the rumors just wondered if he was still injured.

thanks

[Rich]

i just wonderred thats all. i am aware of the rumors just wondered if he was still injured.

thanks

Wasn't aimed at you

[FatTony]

its simple. Sami can't play in Champs League on Tuesday. Agger can and was rested for this game.

What and throw Agger on with no premiership match experience this season?

[Paul12]

Skrtel came in and anyone would be hard pressed to replace him. Maybe when Rafa sees an opportunity for a CH to join the midfield we'll see Agger back.

I thought it was interesting that the team went to 3 centre backs against ManUre (albeit only for about 7 minutes) but it seemed to know immediately what to do. I wonder......

[Sarb]

Either way i'm sure he's still on a HIGH after the win.

Don't know why rumours are continually spread about this guy by Liverpool fans. Joke

[deedodatderdodontdeedo]

I'm pretty sure, that in case Agger had been on the bench, when Masch had to be taken out, then it would have been him, not Sami, comming on.

By the way - it was pure luck, that Rafa did notice in time to stop the 4th. official (or did he??) so Masch could come off .... (although I'm sure N'gog would have been a real threat for a third goal).

Agree Parm

How funny were Rafa's efforts in trying to stop the 4th official? I thought he was going to wrestle him to the ground at one point!!

Rafa!

[scouse lad]

its simple. Sami can't play in Champs League on Tuesday. Agger can and was rested for this game.

rested, dont give me that bollocks, he has had 12 months being rested. Rested is a bull ****e excuse.

[Woobus]

rested, dont give me that bollocks, he has had 12 months being rested. Rested is a bull ****e excuse.

Sami is better dealing with long balls, at the end thats all United could muster in the hope of a late goal.

[pondus]

Sami is better dealing with long balls, at the end thats all United could muster in the hope of a late goal.

Is correct, I think, when they put Vidic up front (before his red card) it made perfect sense to bring on BIG SAMI

[Red Wino]

Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet yesterday ran a piece under the headline "Agger can buy himself out of the contract for 27 mill (DKR)".

Agger is quoted saying that he has not received any new contract proposal from the club, that he aware of the Webster ruling and that he has no further comments.

[Resu]

Just to add to the mix:
Found this on .no, who found in the daish paper Ekstra Bladet

Usikkerhet rundt Aggers fremtid
Under tittelen "Agger kan kjøpe seg fri for 27 millioner" sår avisen Ekstra Bladet tvil rundt Daniel Aggers Liverpool-fremtid. Stopperen var ikke en gang på benken mot Man Utd på lørdag.

Av Einar Kvande


Selv om Daniel Agger har kontrakt med Liverpool helt frem til sommeren 2010, har dansken mulighet til å skifte klubb allerede i januar ved å kjøpe seg ut av avtalen.

Så langt denne sesongen virker det som om den danske landslagsspilleren stiller bak både Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel og Sami Hyypiä i midtstopperkøen. Det blir imidlertid interessant å se hva som skjer i Marseille tirsdag kveld. Agger er nemlig med i Liverpools Champions League-tropp. Der kom ikke veteranen Hyypiä med.

Som en følge av Andy Webster-dommen fra januar i år, kan Agger kjøpe seg fri fra Liverpool dersom han selv betaler et beløp tilsvarende hva han skulle hatt i lønn hos de røde for resten av kontraktstiden (I praksis betales dette beløpet av en eventuell ny klubb). At dansken om bare fire måneder har mulighet til dette, kan naturligvis medføre at han om kort tid får tilbud om en kontraktsforlengelse med Liverpool. Klubben har nemlig signalisert at de ser på Agger som fremtidens mann. Men noe nytt kontraktsforslag har i alle fall ikke dukket opp ennå.

- Jeg kan bekrefte at jeg ikke har mottatt noe tilbud om kontraktsforlengelse med Liverpool, sier midtstopperen selv til den danske avisen Ekstra Bladet.

De nye reglene som følge av Webster-dommen er krystallklare: Når en spiller er under 28 år ved kontraktens inngåelse, kan han kjøpe seg fri av sin kontrakt etter tre år i en klubb, uansett hvor lang kontrakten måtte være.

- Jeg kjenner til Webster-dommen, men har ingen ytterligere kommentar, er alt Agger vil si om den saken.

Agger can buy himself out of the contact in january, for approx. £2.7M.
The rule that comes into play here is the "Webster-rule". The a player is younger than 28 when he signs a contract he can pay himself out of after three years, recardless of the length of the contract.
So basically he`ll be offered a new contact soon, or he can start looking elsewhere. The the article indicates that this might happend, but Aggers only comment is that he knows about the rule.

Not giving him a new contract would be crazy IMO.

[Assassin]

I think there might be more to it than that. Got no 'insider' knowledge or anything it just seems that way to me.

If there was more to it, then Agger would have been left out of the CL squad and not Hyypia