Dan Agger is putting on-hold new contract talks with Liverpool.

Boss Rafa Benitez is keen for the Dane to pen a new Anfield contract, while AC Milan still hope to lure the central defender to Italy.

Agger has been unsettled on Merseyside since returning from injury but won't be allowed to leave this month. The 24-year-old will instead keep his options open until the summer when he could buy out the final 18 months of his contract, says the News of the World.