Liverpool Target Jansen Staying At Hamburg

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."