"Agger is improving a lot, and he has started running now," he told liverpoolfc.tv.
"Yossi Benayoun is with the physios now. We will have to see if he is fit for Newcastle, it's still too early to say. He and Agger are maybes but perhaps it will be easier for Agger than for Benayoun.
"Xabi Alonso should start running in the next week but he is a no for Newcastle, for sure."
