Rick Parry Player Quotations

We are in dialogue with Spurs and it is an episode we want to put behind us and move on. I am sure we will do that. They are making the point they are not interested in our player, and we are not interested in their player - so I think we'll resolve that one.

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.

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.

We still need a player like him and we appreciate his qualities.

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.

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,

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.

The loss in itself does not constrain player spending, after all we did invest significantly in the summer. It is the level of debt and future cash flows that govern our transfer activity.