The 28-year-old centre-back was due a nominal fee from the financially-stricken Danish club for their failure to pay a number of benefits to players and staff since 2004

Liverpool centre-back Daniel Agger has refused a payment due to him out of respect for former club Brondby.

The 28-year-old Denmark captain is one of many current and former players and staff of the Superliga club due a nominal fee after the club failed to pay supplementary holiday pay, pensions and benefits since 2004.

Agger told Liverpool’s official website: “I am not going to claim any money from the club.

“The club is in trouble and needs help. And I want to help. I hope a lot of other people are interested in helping too.”

Brondby were formed in 1964 and are the second-most successful club in Denmark with 10 league titles and nine Danish Cups to their name, but have fallen on hard times recently, finishing as low as ninth last year.

Agger believes they still hold an important place in Danish football though, adding: “Brondby are an important club, not just in football, but also for a lot of people in the local community.

“It is a huge organisation with a huge network. You can tell by the amount of people showing up to the games.

“I hope a lot of players will review their decision to claim the money. It won’t be good for anyone if Brondby are not to be found in the best Danish division.”

The 35-year-old defender has been at the club since the age of nine and sits second behind Ian Callaghan in the list of all-time appearance-makers for the Anfield club

Jamie Carragher has announced that he will leave Liverpool at the end of this season and retire from professional football.

The 35-year-old has been at the Anfield club since the age of nine, clocking up more than 700 senior appearances since making his debut in 1997 against Middlesbrough.

However, under new manager Brendan Rodgers, Carragher has found his first-team opportunites limited, featuring just 12 times in the Premier League this campaign.

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Carragher told the club’s official website: “This will be my last season at Liverpool and my last as a professional footballer.

“I’m making this announcement now because I don’t want the manager or the club to be answering questions on my future when I’ve already decided what I am going to do.

“I will be fully committed between now and the end of the season to doing the very best for Liverpool, as I’ve done my entire career since joining aged just nine years old.”

Carragher has played under six different Liverpool managers in his time at Anfield and collected 11 trophies in a spell that has seen him rise to second in the club’s list of all-time appearance-makers, with 723 games in a red shirt.

“It has been a privilege and an honour to represent this great club for as long as I have and I am immensely proud to have done so and thankful for all the support I have had,” he enthused. “There are many memories I want to share and people to thank but now is not the time for that.

“I won’t be making any further comment on this decision until the end of the season; all our focus and concentration should be on achieving the best possible finish in the league this season and trying to win the last remaining trophy we are competing in.”

Liverpool’s last home fixture of the season is against QPR on May 19 in the Premier League.

Jim Knight has put his faith in Liverpool’s goalkeeper for Totel Football this weekend as well as including two of Newcastle’s new French arrivals

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Goalkeeper

Pepe Reina

It’s fair to say that the Spain international didn’t have a good game against Manchester City but at home Brendan Rodgers’ men have been in fine defensive form. Four clean sheets in their last five matches at Anfield and the visit of a West Brom side struggling to find the net means Reina gets the nod in goal this week.

Defenders

Patrice Evra

Evra has scored points in Totel Football consistently over the last few weeks. In fact, the two points he scored against Tottenham was the only occasion in his last seven that he hasn’t scored at least eight, with four goals to his name this season too, he is well worth including.

Mathieu Debuchy

Debuchy was the first of January’s French arrivals at Newcastle, Alan Pardew’s January transfer business was a definite statement of intent and it’s paid dividends so far. Saturday’s early game against a Tottenham side struggling for options up front he could record a clean sheet at White Hart Lane.

Ben Davies

The Swansea defender is a good candidate for inclusion this week because the visit of QPR to the Liberty Stadium could be another close, low-scoring game and Swansea should have the lion’s share of possession, limiting QPR’s chances in the final third. Davies also managed to find the net against Stoke so he poses a threat from set pieces.

Nacho Monreal

Arsenal’s new arrival has settled in well and scored nine points in his first game against Stoke last weekend. The visit of Sunderland means he has the chance to record another clean sheet for his new side and during his time at Malaga he frequently contributed plenty of assists so he could contribute going forward as well as at the back.

Midfielders

Jack Wilshere

Although Wilshere has been plagued by injuries over the last 18 months or so he finally looks back to full fitness and his performance for England against Brazil will have been very encouraging for Arsenal fans. He’s well worth including in Totel Football this week considering his recent good form.

Juan Mata

Stats of 10 goals, nine assists and a points average of just under eight per game are great for anyone in football, let alone a team like Chelsea who are in need of a result and who face Wigan this weekend. Mata excelled against Reading a couple of weeks back and he should be able to pull the strings in the Blues midfield again.

Gareth Bale

The Wales international continued to impress in midweek, scoring the opening goal for his country and if Spurs are to get a result against Newcaslte in the absence of several of their attacking players. Bale showed he can score the vital goals when he struck the winner against West Brom and he will need to be at his best again here.

Moussa Sissoko

Eight points against Aston Villa and 15 against Chelsea courtesy of two goals was the perfect way for Moussa Sissoko to introduce himself to the Newcastle faithful. The 23-year-old wasn’t prolific in his time at Toulouse but with plenty of pace and power he could worry the Tottenham defence.

Strikers

Wayne Rooney

The England international has overshadowed his Manchester United strike partner in recent weeks. and. although his average is still lower than Robin van Persie, a clash with Everton could see him score plenty of Totel Football points so he gets the first striker position in this week’s team.

Daniel Strurridge

Although he’s carrying a slight injury, Daniel Strurridge will hopefully be fit to face West Brom on Monday and he’s been in great form since he moved to Merseyside from Chelsea. He outshone Luiz Suarez against Manchester City and carries plenty of attacking threat for the Reds.

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Jim’s starting XI

Pepe Reina; Ben Davies, Patrice Evra, Mathieu Debuchy, Nacho Monreal; Juan Mata, Jack Wilshere, Gareth Bale, Moussa Sissoko; Daniel Strurridge, Wayne Rooney.

Substitutes

David de Gea (Manchester United), Andre Wisdom (Liverpool), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich), Fernando Torres (Chelsea)