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Glen Johnson insists he will continue to give everything for Liverpool FC – despite feeling he’s not wanted at Anfield beyond this season.

The full-back was the Reds’ match-winner against Stoke City when he broke his two-year goal drought with a brave header late on.

However, Johnson is out of contract next summer and he is adamant he hasn’t been offered an extension.

The England international says there were “minor talks” with the club back in May but since then it has gone quiet and his future is uncertain.

“First and foremost, I want to play for a club that wants me,” Johnson said.

“It’s as plain and simple as that. I’ve seen some stuff in the press about being offered half my current salary but that’s not true. I haven’t been offered anything.

“There were minor talks at the end of last season but nothing I could either accept or reject.

“The club know where I am. I’ve not spoken to the club and we’re not speaking at the moment.

“They know the situation. I’m not going to go crawling to anybody.

“Of course I’d like to stay. I have always enjoyed my time here but if I don’t have a contract then I can’t stay.”

The 30-year-old has made 183 appearances for the Reds since his £18million move from Portsmouth in the summer of 2009.

He’s one of the club’s highest earners on around £120,000 per week and Liverpool’s owners are unwilling to match those terms.

Johnson has been linked with a move to Italy and he could pen a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club as early as next month. But he’s determined to keep his focus on helping Brendan Rodgers’s side climb up the Premier League table.

“At the end of the day I just want to play my football,” he said.

“It does play on your mind but that’s where you have to try to be professional and do your job for the team.

“Obviously, I respect my teammates more than anyone. I want to put in performances for them.

“I don’t worry about things that I can’t control. All I can keep doing is my job every weekend and see what unfolds.

“It’s not my business to talk to other clubs at the moment. I want to play my football, keep winning for Liverpool and respect my contract.”

Johnson got a standing ovation from The Kop after nodding home the winner against Stoke.

He received treatment to a head wound after getting kicked by Erik Pieters as he stooped to convert the rebound after Rickie Lambert had been denied by the crossbar.

“I got a boot in the head but it always hurts a lot less when the ball hits the back of the net,” he said.

“When I set the ball off to Jordan (Henderson) I was hoping something would fall my way.

“When Rickie headed the ball I thought it was going to hit the bar so I just kept going. Fortunately, it unfolded the way I thought it would.

“I got my first goal for Liverpool against Stoke too but that was down the other end.

“Throughout my career I’ve liked to get forward and chip in with the odd goal. I’m very happy to get the winner. It was an important win for us.”

Liverpool had picked up just one point out of the previous 12 on offer in the Premier League.

But Johnson believes Saturday’s gutsy display proves the players remain right behind Rodgers and he expects the Reds to make sustained progress towards the top four as they prepare for tomorrow’s trip to bottom club Leicester City.

“We’re all united behind the manager,” Johnson said.

“Nothing has changed from last year. Everyone is fighting for the same cause and we work hard together every day.

“In football you go through sticky patches.

“In the bad times you need to stick together as a squad.

“We would have felt very upset if we had only drawn the game because we deserved to win.

“Once we got into the lead we just wanted to hear the final whistle.

“It doesn’t matter how we do it at this stage, we just need to win. Now we’ve given ourselves a decent platform to push on.

“There’s no doubt we have the quality to get into that top four.

“It’s just a case of the confidence coming back so we’re able to put a run of performances together.”

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