Glen Johnson: I’d love to stay at Liverpool

Liverpool’s Glen Johnson (R)

Liverpool right-back Glen Johnson has insisted that he wants to stay at Liverpool “for many more years,” but says that he has had no contact with anyone from the club over a new contract. The England man is out of contract next summer, prompting speculation over his future at the club.

The club are rumoured to be unsure of a new deal due to the injury prone defender’s reported £110,000 per week wages, but Johnson claims that their lack of an offer is proving to be an “unneccesary distraction.”

“I’ve loved every minute of the five years I’ve been here and I’d love to stay but really the only truth in it is that I’ve not been offered a new contract on any level,” he told the Daily Mail.

“I know some people have been saying Liverpool don’t want to pay me my current wages, but I’ve not heard that. No-one has come to me from Liverpool at all.

“I don’t know the situation the club are in or if they want to renew it. So I’ve not got a decision to make other than to see my contract out because no-one is telling me any different.

“It is an unnecessary distraction. I’m more than happy to sign a new contract and I’d love to stay here for many more years. But at the moment that is not for me to decide because I’ve not been offered anything and I’ve not been told I’m going to be sold.

“I just have to honour my contract and try not to let it distract me.”

Johnson has played 19 of Liverpool’s 27 league fixtures this season and joined the club in 2009. Given his hefty wage packet it is no surprise that the right-back wants to stay, but at the age of 29 and with a chequered injury record it is little surprise that the club are said to be currently unwilling to match his current deal.

Johnson has won 61% of his attempted tackles this season.