Agent: Aquilani not going anywhere

(GSM) – Alberto Aquilani’s agent has dismissed speculation that the Liverpool midfielder will return to Italy in the summer after just a season on Merseyside.

Speculative reports in England have linked the versatile playmaker with a return to Serie A after joining the Reds in the summer from Roma for £20million.

And following a disappointing year at Anfield, some have suggested Rafa Benitez is willing to offload the injury-prone Italian in a cut-price deal, with Juventus and Fiorentina said to be interested.

But Aquilani’s representative Franco Zavaglia has shunned claims his client does not want to leave the Premier League underachievers.

“A return to Italy? It seems a journalistic shot of the British tabloids,” Zavaglia told Tuttomercatoweb.com. “I don’t know anything, because Alberto is well in Liverpool.

“There is talk of Juventus and Fiorentina but the Bianconeri have to define the structure of the club before thinking about the market.

“Equally, Fiorentina has the issue of Cesare Prandelli to resolve.

“Aquilani has recovered well from his ankle injury and for this reason I think Liverpool won’t get rid of him.”