"Rick Parry" is 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 (2010).

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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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He realizes how much the club means to him.

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

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He wants to stay and I couldn't be more delighted.

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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.

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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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