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08Aug

“Agger is not worth £20m of anyone’s money”

Despite the news that Luis Suárez has signed a new long-term contract at Liverpool this week, there looks like being some significant shuffling of Brendan Rodgers’s squad before the end of the transfer window. The Liverpool boss has conceded that Craig Bellamy, Andy Carroll and Daniel Agger could all be on their way out, so the Life’s a Pitch panel has been discussing Manchester City’s interest in the Danish defender and whether he’s worth the £20m it will apparently cost to buy him.

“There’s no doubt that he’s a terrific player, but he’s suffered with a lot of injuries while he’s been at Liverpool,” explains the People’s Tom Hopkinson. ”If you can get £20m for him then it does give the owners that chance to build the side.”

Although most Liverpool fans would be lothe to lose Agger, especially to a fellow Premier League team, £20m would certainly allow the new manager to introduce several new players into a team that looked short on quality last season. But is Agger worth £20m? And, crucially, would suitors Manchester City be prepared to pay that?

“Manchester City are saying ‘we’re looking for value for money’,” adds the Sunday Mirror’s David Walker. ”Well, they went from £14m to £23m to get Joleon Lescott, so you can imagine what Liverpool are thinking right now about Agger. Let’s be fair, he’s a decent centre-back, but he’s not worth £20m-plus of anyone’s money.”

Not so, argues Tom. ”I disagree with that. If you can keep Daniel Agger fit then I think he is a £20m centre-half, I think he’s a great player. If you had Lescott, Vincent Kompany and Daniel Agger as your back three, I think that would be a terrific signing.”

Whatever happens with Agger, Rodgers will be delighted to have secured Suárez, says the Daily Telegraph’s Jason Burt. ”It’s a big boost for Rodgers. Obviously Suárez has been unsettled for some time, to do with the Evra case, and there’s been a lot of speculation about his future, a lot of interest from other clubs. There are so many other things going on at Liverpool, we don’t know what’s going to happen to Andy Carroll yet, there are other players’ futures up in the air. This is one thing they needed to get settled.”

The panel also looks at what the future holds for Joe Cole this season at Liverpool.

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  • Musicalmind7

    your a clueless journalist! agger is worth alot more than lescott is!!!

  • http://www.last.fm/user/meier Halloweenhead

    That’s a bit questionable as Lescott certainly had the better season and performed better at the Euros (not that Agger was poor by any means). At the time, City were spending a lot of cash which allowed teams to increase their valuation of players. That isn’t the case at this point.

  • Seve100068

    I think you need a new job – you havent got a clue. There are plenty of clubs looking for a top class CB and Agger is among the best. Forget 20mill he is worth a lot more than that.

  • Lucas James

    Agger is worth £25m – £30m. No doubt about it. Naturally he’s a centre-half but his talent is such, he could play anywhere. A top, top player!

  • Lucas James

    Agger is a considerably better player than Lescott, regardless of market values or the club’s situation.

    He’s a scalable player who will be rampant at City!

  • Helloisitmeyourlookingfor

     actually agger had a better euro’s.  he was one of the top center backs of the entire tournament.  watch more than just england games next time.

  • matt

    Agger is one of the best defenders there is, the only setback is his fitness. He is easily worth 20 million.

  • Alphie_Izzet

     To a club that pays £35m for ‘My Little Donkey’ Agger may be worth that sort of money but City would be daft to pay more than £18m or so

  • Azpierce

    rubbish!.. so lescott had the better season just coz city won the league?? lescott made mistakes and didnt have 2 defend as much as agger, agger was solid all season! 10 times better thn lescott agger looks composed on the ball where as lescott looks dodgy everytime his on the ball and always looks like his gonna do something stupid!

  • kennedys left peg

    agger should stay at us and only leave for a big club, not the plastics at abu dhabi fc

  • Jwpr

    lescott got knee capped when he lived in birmingham and they still payed 20+ for him agger just has a dodgy back.

  • JamieRed

    Fact is City paid £23m for Lescott, therefore Agger is worth more than that. He is a better defender than Lescott, and is offers more going forward too. If City come in with anything beyond £25m I’d sell him cause he has been injury prone. Or £15m and Adam Johnson could do?

  • William

    He wants to win something in his career. This is his last chance to join a team capable of winning the Champions league, just like Liverpool used to in the good old days.

  • Paul Stewart

    wed be daft to sell Agger

  • Frankie

    Ha ha he may be worth that if Liverpool were buying but for a normal club with money sense he is worth nowhere near that amount. Hilarious!

  • http://www.last.fm/user/meier Halloweenhead

    Agger played far fewer games and was injured again as per usual. Lescott was a key component to the team that won the league whereas Agger was a bit player for a team that finished 8th. Yeah, Lescott had the better season — that’s not really open for debate.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have him — but the fact that City were willing to up their offer considerably to get Lescott is not indicative of what the team will do now.

  • http://www.last.fm/user/meier Halloweenhead

    You can’t base valuations off the past. City were in a buying mode at the time to build the club. The club has been built now and they won’t “overpay” at this point.

    Agger may very well be worth more than 23m but it has nothing to do with what City paid for Lescott. That’s like saying ‘Pool paid 35m for Carroll so if they buy another English striker they should have to pay 40m. There is no direct correlation.

  • Musicalmind7

    Its not about whether city were in buying mode! Its to do with the fact that Lescott isnt in the same league as Agger, listen stop beating around the bush with the Andy Carrol saga, the fact is based on pure quality a club that paid 23m for Lescott is now the club who want Agger so out of kompany, agger and lescott which two would most people choose at the back??!! the first two! so agger has to cost more if he goes…….and on a final note Agger shat on Lescott in the euros, he had to defend against much harder teams than Hodgsons shitty England did and he coped brilliantly.

  • Musicalmind7

    Your clueless, utterly clueless, go find another article to disgrace with your lack of footballing knowledge, lescott worth 23m but agger worth only 18m?????? Av a day off son.

  • Git1950

    Danny should stay at Liverpool and see if Brendon Rogers can deliver. If he however feels he want to go, then we should ask £30m minimum. Based on the value utd payed for Ferdinand who was nowhere near as good as Danny is now. If city want him, then dig deep or do one.

  • Digit1950

    Halloweenhead
    Check your stats. Danny Agger got man of the match in 2 of the games denmark played. Lesscott is sh1t

  • Hhboysen

    Agger has never asked for this, only last week his agent stated Agger is happy at LFC and wants to sign another contract. If LFC sell him, then it’s their call not Daniel, he has always said he’d be happy to end his footballing life in LFC.

  • Greps

    Injury record is a huge concern but a healthy Agger is one of the worlds best no question.

  • fagan

    what an absolute waste of time article.

  • Abdul Aziz

    If lesscott is worth around £20mil then agger is worth more than that. However I would never pay that much for agger or lescott

  • Anonymous

    did you see the teams that Agger faced. Germany, Holland and Portugal. Denmark isn’t the greatest team, yet they made these team sweat infront of goal. 

  • Anonymous

    Dagger insists he wants to stay. But Buck Rodgers will sell for the right price. Imo if he leaves he should be sold to a foreign club. Not to our closest rivals.

  • Gaz

    Money sense? Which is why you bought Lescott for 23 million? Doesn’t sound like money sense to me

  • Gaz

    What about a club that paid 23m for “Planet of the Apes” aka Lescott? The only reason we paid 35m for Carroll is because we got 50m for Torres, had Torres had cost 35, then Carroll had cost 20.

  • Gaz

    Yes you are right, Agger was injured for a period of the season, that however does not make him a bit player, when he was fit, which was most of the season, he was a key player for us. And for the time he was fit, he was better and had a better season than Lescott did for all of the season. Kompany saved his bacon numerous times. Regardless of what position a team finished, he had a better season. Remember when Scott Parker was named player of the season, despite playing for a team that was relegated? My point exactly

  • http://www.facebook.com/paulwmcmullan Paul Mcmullan

    the question really is is any player worth that amount of money, lets be honest its not like they are leading surgons where someones life depends on them. they are talented footballers thats it .how can anyone justify paying that amount for a player and also give them salaries that most of us would have to work 10 years to see 1 weeks of theirs, and God knows how many years a nurse would have to work to see that sort of money. dont get me wrong i support liverpool i just think all footballers and clubs must be living on another planet throwing and demanding money like that

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