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Gabri rules out Reds switch

Ajax midfielder Gabri has dismissed talk he is set to join Liverpool this summer.

The 28-year-old former Barcelona player has found his name linked to Rafael Benitez's club in the media in recent weeks, but he insisted he has never spoken with the Reds manager about a move.

"I did speak with coach Benitez in the winter, that's true. But that was just chit-chat," Gabri told RTV-Noord Holland. "He asked me how I felt in Amsterdam, that was all. A possible transfer was not part of that conversation. And I can say that I feel fine at Ajax."

He added: "(Liverpool) is a great club, everyone knows that. But they did not call me or my agent. Ajax is most important now."

Gabri has a contract with the Amsterdam club until June 2009. 

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