FROM TEAMTALK
The agent of Real Madrid striker and Liverpool target Fernando Morientes has confirmed his client is unhappy at the Bernabeu.
Gines Carvajal was in Liverpool this week although his office would not confirm the reason for the visit.
Morientes is keen to move on after falling down a Real Madrid pecking order in which Ronaldo, Raul and former Liverpool star Michael Owen are all ahead of him.
Carvajal told Radio Marca: "He is not happy because he is not playing. He admits he was not expecting to be a starter but that he would be able to play in some games.
"If he had not already been at Real Madrid maybe they [Real] would have tried everything to sign him as a galactico but because he is already here [at Madrid] he is not a galactico.
"It's easier to give opportunities to someone who has come in [to Real Madrid] than someone who is already at the club."
FROM BBC SPORT
Real Madrid claim they will not entertain the prospect of selling Fernando Morientes when the transfer window reopens.
The striker's future at the club has been called into question as he has found himself behind Raul, Ronaldo and Michael Owen in Mariano Garcia Remon's pecking order.
Morientes's agent Gines Carvajal was reported to be in Liverpool on Wednesday, sparking rumours he was opening talks on a possible transfer to Anfield in January.
However, Madrid have now come out to declare Morientes 'intransferable', with Real president Florentino Perez claiming he will be needed during the course of the campaign.
"The decision is definitive because he is a player who will be necessary for this club's long season," Perez stated.
"He is not transferable."
Some sources in Spain claim that Morientes negotiated a get-out clause with Real last summer that would allow him to move on if he was not getting regular first-team action.
But Perez's words appear to put an end to any such suggestion.
I hope we get him
