Purslow: We Will Never Sell Torres And Gerrard

Christian Purslow is adamant
Liverpool never wanted to sell
Steven Gerrard and Fernando
Torres and is delighted the duo
are still at the club.
Captain Gerrard and star striker
Torres were both linked with
moves away from Anfield over
the summer before pledging to
stay with Liverpool.
Reports had claimed that the
Reds' financial problems may
force the club to cash in on their
prized assets to ease the debt
burden.
However, managing director
Purslow insists there was never
an intention to 'diplomatically'
move on Gerrard and Torres, and
is happy the pair remain part of
Roy Hodgson's squad.
Vitally important
"I say again, every single penny
we generate from selling
footballers goes back into buying
footballers," Purslow told the
club's official website.
"I wouldn't have it any other way
and I wouldn't have taken the
job to oversee selling footballers
to pay banks or owners money.
"We never have in my time here
and we never will as long as I am
here. Please, I ask our fans to
have no doubt whatsoever.
"It's certainly not something we
would have ever wanted to do,"
added Purslow when asked if
selling or Gerrard or Torres was
never an option.
"You used the phrase 'moving
players diplomatically on' which
sounds as if we wanted to get
rid of Fernando and Steven.
"Anybody who knows me, who
knows Roy or who knows the
club will know that nothing could
be further from the truth.
"Any conversations that were
had were stressing the absolute
vital importance of those players
- and others - to our future and
to our plans and why they
remain so central to what we're
doing.
"Let's be honest, if you'd believed
half of what you read in May
about who would be leaving and
who wouldn't... then most of that
didn't come to fruition.
"I'm absolutely thrilled and
delighted that it didn't and that
those fantastic players still grace
our team today."