Daniel Agger has declared that Liverpool's players must take collective responsibility

Daniel Agger has declared that Liverpool's players must take collective responsibility for improving their goal tally.

Daniel Agger wants more goals

Manager Brendan Rodgers is short of strikers after he was unable to bring in a replacement for Andy Carroll, who has joined West Ham on loan for the season.

Rodgers has since gone public in stating that he only let Carroll go because he thought there was a replacement lined up.

Liverpool's failure to sign Clint Dempsey or Daniel Sturridge has left them with only two senior forwards, Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini.

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho said he doesn't care where midfielder Nuri Sahin spends this season

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho said he doesn't care where midfielder Nuri Sahin spends this season, he just wants the transfer to be completed.

"It is all the same to me where he goes, but I hope it is closed soon," Mourinho said during a press conference Thursday prior to Real Madrid's Supercopa first-leg series versus Barcelona. "I don't want anything, I only want that Sahin plays and I like the option of the Premier (League) because it could give him certain characteristics of the game which he does not have and which (that league) could offer."

The Madrid coach suggested that Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham were all potential options and a year at any of these clubs would help him develop as a player.

"It is all the same to me though which club he goes to. I just hope that it happens soon for him, as it is best for him. Liverpool, Arsenal or Spurs, I have no preference," he said.

Ibrahim Afellay looks set to stay at La Liga side Barcelona after his agent backtracked on previous suggestions his client could leave on loan.

Ibrahim Afellay looks set to stay at La Liga side Barcelona after his agent backtracked on previous suggestions his client could leave on loan.

AssociatedIbrahim Afellay may not play regularly this season

Afellay's representative Rob Jansen last weekend suggested it was "a possibility" the Dutch international would spend the upcoming season away from the Camp Nou, but by Tuesday he was playing down talk of an exit.

"Can we completely rule out a summer exit? You never know in football, but it's highly unlikely that he will leave Barcelona," Jansen told Voetbal International. "At the moment we are not thinking about a departure. Ibrahim likes it at Barca and is playing."

A host of Europe's leading clubs, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Lazio, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Borussia Dortmund and Lille were reportedly interested in taking Afellay, 26, on loan.

A host of Europe's leading clubs have been alerted by an admission from Ibrahim Afellay

A host of Europe's leading clubs have been alerted by an admission from Ibrahim Afellay's agent that the Barcelona midfielder could be available on a season-loan deal.

AssociatedIbrahim Afellay could be sent out on loan this season

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Premier league sides Arsenal and Liverpool have been linked with Netherlands international Afellay, while Serie A clubs Inter Milan, Lazio, AC Milan and Fiorentina, as well as Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund and French club Lille, are also reportedly interested.

"Afellay could go out on give for a assemblage," his emblematical, Rob Theologist, told European reporters over the weekend. "Yes, that is a being."

Afellay, 26, joined Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven in January 2011, and immediately played a key role in the club's victorious Champions League campaign. He has since struggled to hold down a first-team place at the Camp Nou and missed most of last season with a serious cruciate ligament injury.