ROY HODGSON has poured scorn on rumours linking Daniel Agger with a move away from Liverpool.

The Danish international defender denied a rift with the Reds boss earlier in the season but talk of an Anfield exit have resurfaced in recent weeks.

However, Hodgson has strongly denied Agger is set for a January transfer and says the centre back could return to first team action against Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.

"Daniel Agger has not been 'offered' to anybody," said Hodgson.

"Daniel Agger is a Liverpool player and there's a good chance he'll be in the Liverpool team on Saturday.

"So if ever you hear Daniel Agger is being 'offered', it's not by Liverpool Football Club - it's by unscrupulous people who are second guessing and looking at players who have not been in the team in the last couple of weeks and suggesting they might be available.

"But anytime you read that, it is untrue."