<>不知道怎么回事。都是传说,但是不太妙。表面上看,利物浦方面很想留小杰,但是,小杰那方面态度不明朗。今天好像就要开发布会了,有些担心。</P><>We can fix it - Reds\' plea to Gerrard Jul 4 2005
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.\"
Manager Benitez is understood to be furious at accusations he\'s engineered a possible transfer.
He and Gerrard were involved in private discussions on Saturday, but reports of a \'blazing training ground row\' have angered the manager.
Liverpoolmay yet decide to keep Gerrard, even if Chelsea and Real Madrid make their expected approach over the next few days.
The 25-year-old has two years left on his contract.
However, the most likely outcome is the sale of the captain, destroying the feel-good factor of the extraordinary Champions League win six weeks ago.
Liverpool were expected to parade new signing Bolo Zenden today, but the Press conference may now be delayed until later this week. </P> |