The club's 2005 Champions League hero has played only a handful of games since rival goalkeeper Jose Reina arrived at Anfield two summers ago and is out of contract at the end of the season.

The 34-year-old, a target for Wolfsburg and former club Feyenoord, told The Sun: "I have to finally tell Rafa I'm leaving because maybe he's not aware of it.

"I will remember Liverpool fondly as a success but not the situation I've found myself in.

"When a player knows he is a slave, he'll never give his employer his heart."

Dudek has warned his fellow keepers off signing for Liverpool, saying manager Rafael Benitez will treat them in exactly the same way.

He said: "To get a good keeper, they'd have to spend £3million to £4million and then Rafa would have to tell that keeper: 'You're going to sit on the bench'.

"But no respected keeper would come under those terms and that's why they prefer to keep me."