Agger ruled out by injury recurrence

Liverpool FC centre-back Daniel Agger has suffered a recurrence of his metatarsal injury and faces at least several more weeks on the sidelines.

Right foot injury
The Danish international, 23, had been due to make his comeback in a reserve-team game last week, only for the match to be cancelled. However, any return will now have to wait until next month at the earliest after Liverpool revealed that the defender, sidelined since breaking a bone in his right foot in mid-September, has suffered a setback.

'He felt something'
Reds manager Rafael Benítez said: "We've had some bad news in that Agger has the same problem again. He was training and ready to play, but yesterday he felt something so we need to go back and start from the beginning. He is going to see different surgeons and then we will be able to analyse the situation."

Inter doubt
Agger, who has made only five Premier League appearances this season, must now be rated doubtful for Liverpool's UEFA Champions League first knockout round tie against FC Internazionale Milano. The Merseysiders entertain the Serie A leaders on 19 February before travelling to Milan on 11 March. Agger was named Denmark's Footballer of the Year for 2007 earlier this month.