Rodgers rules out Valdes transfer as Liverpool keeper search goes on
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Brendan Rodgers has confirmed reports that Liverpool have cooled their interest in Victor Valdes by denying they will be signing the former Barcelona goalkeeper.
The Kop boss, speaking to Spanish sports daily AS, simply answered "no" when asked if any Spanish players would be arriving at the club in the next few months - a clear reference to the speculation over Valdes.
The ex-Barca and Spain gloveman was close to joining Monaco in the summer but an injury put paid to his Ligue 1 switch.
Liverpool's interest then piqued, with figures inside Anfield increasingly unconvinced by Belgian keeper Simon Mignolet, a £9.5million signing from Sunderland in 2013.
This week's Sunday People reported that the Valdes deal had collapsed after the veteran refused a trial at the Reds.
The Kop boss, speaking to Spanish sports daily AS, simply answered "no" when asked if any Spanish players would be arriving at the club in the next few months - a clear reference to the speculation over Valdes.
The ex-Barca and Spain gloveman was close to joining Monaco in the summer but an injury put paid to his Ligue 1 switch.
Liverpool's interest then piqued, with figures inside Anfield increasingly unconvinced by Belgian keeper Simon Mignolet, a £9.5million signing from Sunderland in 2013.
This week's Sunday People reported that the Valdes deal had collapsed after the veteran refused a trial at the Reds.
