We are always encouraged when players say they want to join Liverpool.

The players never really had a beef with anything. When that whole thing happened behind the batting cage, the players were just standing there talking to each other.

He realizes how much the club means to him.

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

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.