Hamburg defender Marcell Jansen will not be joining
Liverpool this summer, according to the player’s agent.
The Reds will soon be without a first-team left-back once Emiliano
Insua completes his £5 million move to Fiorentina.
PSV’s Carlos Salcido, Royston Drenthe of Real Madrid and Wigan
Athletic defender Maynor Figueroa have all been linked with a move
to Anfield to replace Insua, while Hodgson has revealed that a new
left-back is now his priority in the transfer market.
Jansen, who scored for Germany against Uruguay in the third-place
play-off at the 2010 World Cup, can also play on the left wing, but
his agent, Gerd vom Bruch, says he is committed to Hamburg.
"The interest in him is a credit to Marcell," he told the
Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper.
"But he is under contract with Hamburger SV and will be respecting
this."