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Kewell not quite thinking about Liverpool contract

Harry Kewell is so glad just to be playing for Liverpool this season after four years of injury agony that the Australia midfielder insists he has yet to think about a new contract at Anfield when his current deal runs out at the end of the season.

Kewell has featured in 11 of Liverpool's last 14 matches, an indication of the faith manager Rafael Benitez, who frequently alters his line-up, has in the player, and the former Leeds favorite will be keen for more first-team action when Wigan Athletic visit Anfield in the Premier League today.

"The last four years have been hellish with one injury after another," Kewell, who has had repeated groin problems since moving to Merseyside, told Liverpool FC magazine.

"But I can't even think about a new contract. That is what people have been talking about and saying about me, but I will tell the truth so the fans know the truth. And that is why I haven't honestly thought about it. I can't think about it at the moment ... I can look no further than the next match," he said.

"Given my Liverpool career, and the way it has gone, all I want to do is take the chance that the manager is giving me. I want to repay him for that, and the boys who have helped me through, for sticking with me and not giving up," Kewell added. "You don't want to know what I have been through in four years, with injury after injury. The places I've been mentally during all those times, it has been pretty dark."

Frustration of a different kind has been a problem for Fabio Aurelio, still waiting for his first goal in a Liverpool shirt.

The 28-year-old Brazilian full-back has yet to score since arriving from Benitez's old club Valencia 18 months ago on a free transfer.
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