SOCCER
Valdes agent dismisses Liverpool trial talk
By Sportal | Updated an hour ago
Victor Valdes' agent has rejected reports that the
goalkeeper has turned down a chance to train
with Liverpool.
Valdes has not played since injuring knee
ligaments during Barcelona's 3-0 win over Celta
Vigo in March and is on the lookout for a new
club after his Camp Nou deal expired in June.
The 32-year-old was widely expected to join
Monaco in Ligue 1 after announcing he would
leave Barca, but the French club were put off a
deal due to fitness concerns.
That has seemingly opened the door for
Liverpool to sign the Spain international, with
doubts lingering over the consistency of current
first choice, Simon Mignolet.
British media reports, however, claimed a deal
at Anfield had fallen through due to Valdes
refusing to go on a four-day trial in a bid to
prove his fitness to Brendan Rodgers - but Gines
Carvajal has firmly denied an offer ever existed.
"Liverpool have not offered us the chance to
train with them for four days," he revealed to
SPORT.
"And we have not rejected the offer, because it
is false.
"That proposal was never made to us by
Brendan Rodgers nor by Liverpool at any
moment."