Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim strongly denies reaching Liverpool agreement

Contrasting reports have emerged regarding Amorim's future beyond the end of this season in the past week, with some suggesting that a verbal agreement had been reached between the 39-year-old and Liverpool.

More recently, it was claimed that no such deal had been struck yet, despite Amorim emerging as the Premier League club's top target to replace long-serving boss Jurgen Klopp when the German leaves at the end of the current campaign.

Liverpool are understood to be willing to offer Amorim a three-year deal at Anfield, having been impressed with his work in the Portuguese capital over the last four years.

However, the former Portugal international midfielder has hit out at the ongoing speculation and insists that he is yet to hold talks or reach an agreement with any club.

Amorim's Sporting side are in the midst of another title battle in the Primeira Liga, currently sitting four points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand over second-placed Benfica.

Unsurprisingly, he is therefore keen to keep his focus on the run-in to ensure that he picks up a second league title in the space of four seasons.

«It's the last time I'm going to talk about my future. There was no interview, much less an agreement. The only thing we all want is to be champions with Sporting, and nothing will change,» Amorim told reporters at a press conference.

«I'm a Sporting coach. There was no interview with any club, there was no agreement with any club. I'm just focused, as always, on defending my club.

»As I no longer have anything