To me, the team is more important than any individual member of the squad, and the players have to realise that and accept that my priority is to pick a side with the best possible chance of winning each match.

When I see the Bill Shankly statue, I look at the sentiment on the base. It says: 'He made the people happy’. Well now the modern Liverpool is making the fans and the city happy. And that makes me so proud.

We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football.

You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years.

Liverpool players must play like a lion, give his all. There must be determination, commitment and resolve to be a Liverpool player.

Our job is to make the fans happy. When we win, 45,000 people go home happy. When we lose, it not only affects them, it affects their cats.

My philosophy is that the club is more important than anyone!