Arteta not joining Reds

Last updated : 30 June 2005 By Al Campbell
The Real Sociedad midfielder has spent the last four months on loan at Everton but has yet to agree terms with the Blues about a permanent contract. This has alerted another Premiership club who have sounded out Sociedad about a transfer. That club was thought to be Liverpool but Artera's agent denies it.

"There is no truth in the Liverpool links," said Luis Ignatio Ibanez.
 
"But I read comments yesterday on the internet and in some English newspapers, which Mikel is supposed to have said, and they are not true also. 
 
"Mikel has not given an interview to any journalist in the last two months and I am angry with the way he has been portrayed.
 
"It is important that people in Liverpool do not get the wrong idea about Mikel. He wants to go to Everton, he wants to play in the Champions League next season but he has to be careful about his decisions.
 
"We will have further meetings with Everton, but nothing is scheduled at present. It could be in the next day, it could be in a week - so I cannot say yet whether Mikel will be back with Everton in time for the start of pre-season training on Friday. But we will have more talks."