Rob Jansen has claimed that the Dutch forward wants to leave the club and that talks are ongoing between Liverpool and Inter Milan,who former Reds boss Rafa Benitez departed for this summer.
But that is news to Hodgson, who said: "Dirk has not expressed that sentiment to me."
Hodgson insists that Liverpool are not interested in selling such an important player so late in the transfer window.
The ex-Fulham boss also claimed he received assurances last week that the Italian giants were not intending to buy any Liverpool players from Inter president Massimo Moratti, who appointed Hodgson the Nerazzurri's coach during the 90s.
And Hodgson added that his predecessor has put his signature to the similar pledge.
"When he left the club, Rafael Benitez signed an agreement that he would not poach players from Liverpool," he said.
"We haven't received an offer from any club so this is something obviously going on behind the scenes, with the agent possibly talking to the manager of Inter Milan.
"We don't welcome any offers, we haven't received an offer and at this late stage of the transfer window it would be remarkably unusual for us to accept an offer for a player we don't want to leave for money we don't need.
"Dirk Kuyt has not told me he wants to go.
"I would suggest, with respect, if his agent had a serious plan to move him to the club he should have been working during the last four to five weeks and not the last few days.
"It is highly unlikely we could receive any offer from another club which we could seriously entertain."
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