Rick Parry
Rick Parry
Rick Parryis the former chief executive of Liverpool Football Club, and the former head of the FA Premier League. He is currently on the board of directors at New York Cosmos...
allowing ball barcelona kicked loan money player spent
The idea of us allowing a player we have spent so much money on to go to Barcelona on loan even before he has kicked a ball for us is just incredible,
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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.
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There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player. It's not a no or a yes. 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.
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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.
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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,
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We are always encouraged when players say they want to join Liverpool.
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We've cleared all of that and I don't think it will happen again,
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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.
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We're obviously delighted. It's a combination of three years of a lot of hard work and a vindication and endorsement of the policy we adopted that we had to be very much a part of the community plan. We couldn't go ahead in isolation. I think the outcome will be very exciting, not just for us, but for North Liverpool as a whole if the whole plan comes together.
filmmakers lack sponsor
We were interested. There was not a lack of co-operation from us. But the filmmakers got sponsorship from Adidas - not Reebok. And Adidas sponsor Newcastle, while Reebok sponsor Liverpool.
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We still need a player like him and we appreciate his qualities.
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We've been 30 points adrift of the champions for the last two seasons, and although there are still three games to play, it's clear for everyone we're a lot closer now.
cause concern
There is no cause for concern on our part.
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We have responded to the Premier League by pointing out this is a compulsory tournament so I don't see why we should be asked to pay compensation.