Johnson eyeing favours

Johnson eyeing favours

Published Apr. 16, 2013 9:15 a.m. ET

Fredy Guarin's agent has denied reports the midfielder wants to leave Inter Milan and says there has been no interest from Tottenham Hotspur.

Colombia international Guarin joined Inter in January 2012 from Porto, but there has been speculation he could leave the Serie A club in the summer.

Tottenham have been linked with a move for the 26-year-old after Guarin played under Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas during his time at Porto.

However, Guarin's representative Marcelo Ferreyra has rubbished the rumours and confirmed the player is determined to be a success at Inter.

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"These are all lies, neither Fredy nor I are looking for new solutions," Ferreyra told calciomercato.it. "He wants to improve and win with Inter.

"We know nothing about Tottenham's interest and I think there is nothing.

"Given the bond we have with Villas-Boas, if there was anything we would be the first to know about it.

"I'm not talking with any clubs because Fredy wants to stay at Inter."

Johnson's men are already guaranteed a play-off place but victory over his son Lee's Oldham side on Tuesday night would leave them two points off the automatic spots with two games remaining.

And given the unpredictable nature of League One Johnson believes a nine-point haul would give them a real chance of sneaking into the second tier for the first time in their history.

"If we are going to try to reach maximum points then we need to win our last three games and if we do get the 83 points then we are waiting for others to slip up," he said.

"We think 83 points will be close (to the automatic promotion places) so we must not let ourselves down and not get maximum points.

"We have to be in it to win it and make sure we are believing that a) we can win the next three games and b) there are enough teams out there who can beat the top teams which is happening all the time.

"We have got to be ready when that happens and not be the ones who fall away first."

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