Real - Agger will do

Spaniards prepare bid for Liverpool star

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Real - Agger will do

Agger: Real target

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Spanish champions Real Madrid have admitted they are 'likely' to make a bid for Liverpool defender Daniel Agger in January.

The Danish international is currently kicking his heels at Anfield with Slovak Martin Skrtel the preferred partner to stalwart Jamie Carragher in the heart of the defence.

Agger, who struggled last term with a broken foot, has yet to make a Premier League appearance this term and has already denied that he has had a bust-up with coach Rafa Benitez.

But with just 18 months left on his current contract his long-term future does seem in some doubt and Real are ready to tempt Liverpool into a sale.

One of their vice-presidents Jose Angel Sanchez has confirmed to the British media that Real are ready to make a move.

"He [Agger] is a player we have been looking at for a long time and it is

likely we will bid for him in January," Sanchez is quoted in The Times.

"He is a world-class player and without doubt he would fit into our plans.

"We already had plans about buying Agger this summer, along with some other players, but the Robinho situation took so much attention and demanded so many resources from the club that we had to drop the plans about putting a bid in for Agger and other players that we had in mind.

"What we need is a defender and a striker, and, at the moment, Agger is on top of our list."