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Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen has agreed to sign for French club Evian.

The 31-year-old only joined 12 months ago for former boss Roy Hodgson but has failed to settle on Merseyside.

The Denmark international has been out of favour at Anfield ever since Kenny Dalglish took over in January, and has not played since the Europa League tie in Braga in March.

He has agreed a one-year contract with the Ligue 1 newcomers.

“It’s official, Patrick Trotignon, the president of the SASP, and Pascal Dupraz, the sports director, presented their latest recruit on Wednesday afternoon at the training centre,” said a statement on the French club’s website.

“Christian Poulsen was hired for a season from Liverpool.”

A statement from Liverpool said: “Liverpool have today confirmed that Christian Poulsen has completed his transfer to Evian Thonon Gaillard.

“The Danish midfielder moves to the French side after making 21 appearances in just over a year at Anfield.

“Everyone at Liverpool Football Club would like to wish Christian the best of luck with his future career.”

Poulsen will join former team-mate Joe Cole in Ligue 1 next season, who today joined Lille on a season-long loan.

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Liverpool will make a last ditch offer of £10million plus midfielder Christian Poulsen to Stoke City for captain Ryan Shawcross.

The Reds are in need of central defensive cover because of doubts over Jamie Carragher and Sotirios Kyrgiakos’ long-term futures and Daniel Agger’s fitness.

Anfield boss Kenny Dalglish has already had a £10million offer rejected by the Potters who want closer to £18million for the club skipper.

The 23-year-old has impressed with his no-nonsense approach to defending and fits into Dalglish’s policy of buying young British talent.

But the Liverpool manager’s hands are tied as he cannot improve on his original bid until he manages to sell the dead wood at the club.

Poulsen is one of the unwanted figures, as is Alberto Aquilani, David Ngog and Joe Cole.

The Denmark international has rejected several offers from his homeland but has demanded he either play in the Reds’ first-team or he be sold by the August 31 deadline.

Dalglish will put his offer forward as he is aware the transfer window will soon close and he needs a centre-back in the club now rather than in January.

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Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen wants first-team action or be sold by the end of the transfer window on August 31.

The 31-year-old has failed to establish himself in manager Kenny Dalglish’s plans since the Scot took over from Roy Hodgson in January.

The former Reds’ boss bought Poulsen from Juventus 12 months ago in a £4.5million deal but he has failed to convince Anfield he can cope with the pace of the Premier League.

Liverpool are now blessed with midfield options following Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson’s arrival at the club, meaning Poulsen is now surplus to requirements.

He could be sold to help finance other bids for more new arrivals with a centre-back a priority.

Liverpool will be looking for around £3million for the midfield enforcer but have not received much interest so far.

The Denmark international accepts he is not part of Dalglish’s thoughts and will push for a move before the transfer deadline.

“My future needs to be resolved in August and preferably as soon as possible,” Poulsen told Danish television station TV2.

“I have to get to play matches regularly. It’s obvious that I would really like to play football.”

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Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen has refused to leave the club this summer to fight for his place in the team.

The 31-year-old has failed to establish himself since Roy Hodgson signed him from Juventus for £4.5million 12 months ago.

The Denmark international has been deemed surplus to requirements by current boss Kenny Dalglish after making just 12 appearances last year.

Poulsen has found himself marginalised under Dalglish, with the Scot preferring Jay Spearing as an understudy to Lucas as a defensive presence in the centre of the pitch.

The Reds manager has also brought in more competition for the midfield places with swoops for Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson, while Alberto Aquilani has returned following a loan at Juventus.

Despite the harm that inactivity may do to his international career, the Dane is willing to stay and fight for a place at Liverpool.

“Of course I want to play more,” Poulsen told Sky Sports.

“I’m happy now with my family [in Liverpool] and I think it’s a really good club who have treated me really well. I hope I can change my situation so I can play more.”

Questioned about his future, he said: “Let’s see. I’m happy and so unless I hear anything, I think I will be here for the coming season.”

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Liverpool owner John W Henry has challenged manager Kenny Dalglish to return the club to the Champions League this season.

The American businessman insists it would be a ‘major disappointment’ if the Reds failed to qualify for Europe’s premier competition.

Henry was in Oslo to see Dalglish’s side come from behind to secure a 3-3 friendly draw with Valerenga.

He witnessed Liverpool’s latest erratic defensive performance of the summer and they have now conceded a worrying 15 goals in five fixtures.

Dalglish has spent £100million of the owner’s money since taking the helm in January while sanctioning the sales of Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel.

Several players including Joe Cole, Alberto Aquilani and Christian Poulsen are rumoured to be up for sale but so far have not been able to find a buyer.

But this has not stopped Henry expecting the Scot to deliver a top-four finish in his first full season in charge since returning to the club to replace Roy Hodgson.

“It’s too early for us to start talking about winning the league,” said Henry. “In my opinion Manchester United (are the team to beat). They have a good squad and look good.

“Our main goal is to qualify for the Champions League. If we don’t it would be a major disappointment.”

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Last Season

It’s fair to say that last season was very much a story of two halves. Roy Hodgson’s reign at Anfield was mercifully brief and once he departed and former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were replaced by the Fenway Sports Group, things began to look more rosy in the Liverpool garden.

The first half of the season was clearly something of a monstrosity as the Merseyside club lurched from one disaster to another. A number of new additions appeared unable to adapt to life in the Premier League with the likes of Milan Jovanovic and Christian Poulsen looking woeful, the same could be said of Joe Cole and Paul Konchesky.

The lows that Liverpool fans will long to forget would come in the form of a Carling Cup exit to Northampton, at home, and the defeat at Anfield by Blackpool quickly followed by a lifeless loss at Goodison Park against local rivals Everton. Even a win against reigning Premier League champions Chelsea could not disguise the slump the club were in.

Kenny Dalglish turned the ship around and the club just missed out on a Europa League spot, which may actually be in the clubs favour in the long term. A number of players upped their game from January onwards, most notably midfielders Lucas and Raul Meireles got going and a run of 10 wins in 15 matches from mid January to early May showed what the Scot could do with a fairly average squad.

The summer was clearly then all about making improvements ahead of a concerted push to break back into the coveted top four race.

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Fulham are preparing a £1.5million bid for Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen, who has failed to impress during his time at Anfield.

The 31-year-old only joined the Reds 12 months ago after being signed by former manager Roy Hodgson for £4.5million.

The Cottagers boss Martin Jol wants the Denmark international to strengthen his playing squad ahead of a gruelling season in the Europa League, according to Setanta Sports.

Liverpool are keen to offload a number of fringe players, including Poulsen, to enable them to generate more funds to re-enter the transfer market.

Following the arrivals of Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing for £45million, manager Kenny Dalglish will need to sell to buy a left-back and a striker.

The Scot is willing to take a loss on Poulsen, to remove him from the wage bill, but will be hoping Fulham will at least double their offer.

Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic are also midfielders Dalglish wants to leave the club but their high salaries are putting off potential buyers.

Alberto Aquilani is on the verge of joining Fiorentina on-loan for the season, while Paul Konchesky has left Merseyside for Leicester City.

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Liverpool Fc are very close to making their next big signing with Aly Cissokho likely to be named as their new left-back next Monday.
Liverpool still require a new defender in that area and had considered Newcastle United’s Jose Enrique however the Spaniard would prefer to join a side competing in this seasons Champions League competition. Arsenal were linked with Cissokho but Wenger confirmed that the left side of their defence was covered, leaving the route free for Dalglish to make his move for the strong 23 year old.
Figures of £10m have been quoted although his current club Lyon are looking to sell for at least £12m, having paid Porto €15m in 2009. There will be concerns on his medical however, with AC Milan pulling out at the last minute in 2009 after discovering could suffer from spinal injuries later on in his career.
Should a medical go through without any issues, Liverpool’s defence will look complete with just another striker expected to join the squad this summer.

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Having already snapped up Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Stewart Downing and Doni you would have to say that Kenny Dalglish has already been a very busy man, looking to improve his Anfield squad in the hope of breaking back into the top four club and a move to bring in a first choice left back would appear to be uppermost in the Scot’s remaining transfer plans.

Liverpool did apparently express a very real interest in Arsenal’s Gael Clichy before he made his move to Man City and Newcastle United’s want-away full back Jose Enrique is reportedly a long term target who appears to have reached a stalemate with the Magpies over any new contract talks so a move for Lyon’s Aly Cissokho appears to be the most realistic capture and this source believes a deal is very much in the pipeline.

Last season Liverpool used Paul Konchesky, Fabio Aurelio, Jack Robinson, Glen Johnson and Danny Wilson to fill what has now become something of a problem area and French international Cissokho may well be the solution. The 23 year old former Porto man is an attack minded left back who came very close to securing a move to AC Milan two years ago but ended up at the Stade Gerland where he has been a consistent performer.

Liverpool have now spent over £100m on new players this year, with Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll signed in January to go with this summer’s four additions, which means that Dalglish may have to step up in his selling of squad players to help make room and balance the books.

Paul Konchesky has left and Milan Jovanovic is set to move to Anderlecht, however neither of these would attract much in the way of a fee. Christian Poulsen and Joe Cole may be next out the door but Dalglish may have to reassess his opinion of Italian international Alberto Aquilani following some very impressive displays in pre-season matches thus far.

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Liverpool midfielder Christian Poulsen will not join FC Copenhagen this summer and wants to remain at Anfield, according to his agent Jorn Bonnesen.

The 31-year-old has been told he is not wanted by the club after failing to impress in his debut season after being signed by Roy Hodgson 12 months ago.

The Denmark international still has two-years left on his contract but manager Kenny Dalglish does not rate him and wants to sell him to free up wages for other players.

The arrival of Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam has added to the competition in the squad but Poulsen wants to fight for his place.

He has travelled to Asia with the rest of the Liverpool squad for their pre-season tour, and was on target during the Reds’ 4-3 friendly win over Guangdong Sunray Cave on Wednesday.

Danish giants Copenhagen were rumoured to be chasing his signature but Bonnesen has dismissed the talk and insists Poulsen will remain on Merseyside.

“No, Christian Poulsen is not on his way to FC Copenhagen and he has not spoken to them,” he told Onside.dk.

“Christian Poulsen’s future is at Liverpool.”

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