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We can fix it - Reds' plea to Gerrard Jul 4 2005
Sky FixturesGot these off the Sunderland website, there not on the Sky website so I dont know if there correct but what is on this NG!!!!! 5...
EXCLUSIVE by Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo
LIVERPOOL insist they will fight to keep Steven Gerrard as crisis talks began today to revive contract negotiations with the skipper.
Gerrard's representatives pulled out of discussions over a lucrative new four-year deal claiming the Reds have delayed too long because they're trying to engineer his departure.
Those accusations were today strongly denied by Liverpool officials who still hope the damage of a weekend of chaos is repairable.
Gerrard arrived at Melwood to face manager Rafa Benitez and chief executive Rick Parry this morning amid growing concerns he's ready to quit Anfield.
Today's meeting looks sure to decide the future of the captain, but Parry remains optimistic face-to-face discussions can resolve the baffling deadlock between a player who wants to stay and a club who insist they want to keep him.
"Rafa wants Stevie to stay and couldn't have made it any clearer. We still hope this situation is repairable," said Parry as he headed to Melwood today.
"We're completely surprised by the reports this morning having made it clear since January we wanted to talk to Steven about a new contract. For anyone to make an issue of a delay of just a few days makes no sense. When we met on Wednesday things were fine.
"We have wanted to keep Steven all along. There's never been any suggestion we wanted to sell him.
"Money is not an issue. There are no financial concerns regarding Steven's contract, so any suggestion to the contrary is wrong."
