Despite manchester city’s desire to sell, ex-liverpool star daniel agger admitted that he turned down a move to manchester city during his anfield days. Since joining the premier league in 2006 from boyhood club brondby, the 39-year-old spent eight years with the league. Agger quickly endeared himself to liverpool fans by becoming one of the league’s top centre-backs, with connections with jamie carragher and martin skrtel. The former danish international’s consistent performances alongside liverpool’s mediocrity in 2012 sparked rumors of a departure, with barcelona and manchester city keen on his services. Despite the fact that liverpool has the opportunity to win more silverware, agger admitted that moving to spain or manchester didn’t interest him. On the ‘aldo meets’ podcast, hosted by liverpool legend john aldridge, he said, “it was a strange one.”
Reflecting on the ambiguity of his next 12 years, he said, “i remember being presented with all these things and the club asked me what i was going to do and i said, ‘if you want me here, i will stay.’ But i said, ‘if you don’t like me, if you don’t see me as part of your future, i think it’s time that i leave because i want to play football.’ Although agger stated his intention to stay at anfield, he revealed that liverpool wanted to cash in on him, agreeing to fees with barcelona and man city. “i don’t know their story, i think they agreed to a price (with barcelona) and they accepted it and came to me and said, “this is it.” I said, ‘okay, fair enough.’ city, who were four years old when they were in abu dhabi, were able to overtake the la liga side offer, but agger said there was no chance of moving to a premier league rival. “i said, ‘if you want to sell me, i go down to barcelona, otherwise i don’t go.”
