It is important for the club to find a balance in a world driven by economic and political needs. This club usually does that [on leaving Liverpool]

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.

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

I want to keep an English heart to the team. I believe in that. Michael Owen is that. Never think Michael is afraid of anything.

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

You can't build a cathedral in a day. A look at the club's history tells you these things take time.