"I then said to him 'If you want to win titles, you want medals and you want Liverpool to have these things then I am going to need your help.'
"I really think he wants to stay so now what we must do is make the squad stronger for him.
"If you want to win games you need big players - but if you want to win titles then you need a big squad.
"We are working now with the idea of a creating a big squad with a strong mentality. If we do that and keep our best players like Gerrard and Xabi Alonso, then we can win games and titles.'"
