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I was not going to Man City, even though Liverpool had agreed to sell me there.
Daniel Agger has made public his decision to turn down a transfer to Manchester City while he was still at Liverpool.

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December 1, 2012, Premier League match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield; Daniel Agger celebrates after scoring the first goal (Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
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Despite the Reds’ desire to cash in on the defender, former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger acknowledges that he turned down a mega-money move to Manchester City during his playing days at Anfield.

After leaving Danish Superliga team Brondby in 2006 to join Anfield, Agger, now 39, had a successful eight years as a Merseyside player, working under managers Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Kenny Dalglish, and then Brendan Rodgers.

The former Denmark international was a member of Benitez’s Liverpool team in 2009, which came within four points of winning the Premier League title for the first time in 19 years after multiple draws during the season.

However, by 2012, Agger was in the middle of a transfer dispute between Barcelona and Man City, who were both trying to take advantage of the defender’s impending contract. But Agger acknowledges he had no interest in moving from Merseyside to Manchester after UAE-backed City blew away Spanish powerhouses Barca’s offer.

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Agger remarked, “It was a strange one,” as he considered the year 2012. “I recall being asked what I was going to do by the club after receiving presentations for all of these things, and I replied, ‘If you want me here, I will stay.'” However, I said, “I think it’s time for me to go because I want to play football if you don’t want me and don’t see me as part of your future.” These offers are on the table, and I don’t know if I will have them next year, so although I would prefer to do it here, I would like to go if you don’t think I’m good enough.

“I’m not familiar with their side of the story, but I believe they agreed on a price with Barcelona, accepted it, and then came to me and told me, ‘This is it.'” “Okay, fair enough,” I replied. I didn’t want to go to that club, though, because they accepted a much better offer that had come in from the side.

“I said, ‘I go down there (to Barcelona) if you want to sell me, otherwise I don’t go.'” The same team (Man City) then made me a higher offer, and I had the impression that they wanted me to accept since it was a sizable sum of money at the time. “There’s no way I’m going to that club, so better just stop right now,” I uttered.

Agger responded, “Yeah,” when host and Liverpool ECHO columnist John Aldridge asked him if the other club in question was Manchester City during their interview on the “Aldo Meets” podcast.

Agger left Liverpool and returned to Brondby in 2014, aged 29, after slipping in Rodgers’ hierarchy during the 2013–14 season. Agger ended his career in sports in 2016.