England manager Roy Hodgson has insisted that he is available to give Raheem Sterling advice about his Liverpool contract situation, but will not 'poke his nose in'.

This morning, Sterling's agent Aidy Ward denied that he claimed in an interview that his client will "definitely not" sign a new deal at Anfield.

The representative is also quoted as saying by the London Evening Standard that he 'doesn't care' about Liverpool's PR and labelled ex-Reds defender Jamie Carragher a "knob" for urging Sterling to keep his "mouth shut".

In this afternoon's press conference, Hodgson was asked about the situation and told reporters: "I'm always available for players. Raheem has been with us a long while and if he wanted to talk to me, that's fine.

"As far as I am concerned a contract situation is between the player and the club and it is club business and I won't be poking my nose into club business. I'd expect him to do the job he has always done for us."

Sterling is reportedly expected to tell Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers on Friday that he does not want to sign a new contract.