34 Quotes by Rick Parry

There has been plenty of speculation and we will see next week. It's always encouraging when a player says he wants to come to Liverpool.

Why on earth would we do that? It is a sign of the times that they can even contemplate such a move for a player we have just spent a record transfer fee on.

We've cleared all of that and I don't think it will happen again,

We welcome the decision to allow us in the competition next season. We wish to express our thanks to all those who supported us and campaigned on our behalf.

First and foremost, this is a competitive trip and not a commercial trip.

The priority is to keep Steven and build a winning team around him. As long as he wants to stay, we want to keep him,

There's probably been too much speculation already. We will see next week. There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player.

There's some work to do and it's a few days before the deadline, so we'll see.

I've never known a transfer happen quite so quickly. It was all done within 24 hours, and that was largely because of Robbie's passion to rejoin the club. He really was that desperate to come back.