"Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen are two of our key players and we are determined to hang on to them," he said.
"We are always very aware of when players' contracts run out and equally we are aware that they are key players and we have no intention of losing either of them."
"We don't just talk to players' agents every three years and then don't sit down and discuss things for another three years.
We are in constant touch with players' advisors and their agents, discussions are ongoing, but equally this is not an issue at the moment.
"We have no intention of losing our key players and we will hang on to them."
