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Parry calls for end to unrest

Image: Parry: Frustrated

Chief executive Rick Parry wants everyone associated with Liverpool to stop washing their 'dirty linen' in public.

Reds' chief wants everyone to pull together

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has demanded everyone associated with the club stop washing their 'dirty linen' in public. The Reds' owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks have received criticism on Merseyside as it is consistently rumoured that the American duo are looking to sell the club. Gillett and Hicks also angered Liverpool supporters by holding talks with Jurgen Klinsmann, who is set to take over at Bayern Munich next season, about replacing boss Rafa Benitez. Liverpool fans staged a protest against Gillett and Hicks after Saturday's 3-0 Premier League victory over Sunderland and Parry believes the lack of harmony is damaging the club.

Never pleasant

"This is not the Liverpool we all know and love," Parry told LFC Magazine. "It has never been our style to wash our dirty linen in public and it is never pleasant for anyone when it happens. "The sooner we can put all of this behind us and get back to the Liverpool way the better. "That's certainly not pointing the finger at anyone. It's a hard fact of life in football that any negative publicity quickly leads to further headlines and debate.
Frustration
"You learn to live with it. What really frustrates me is when outsiders start having a go. "When this happens you know instinctively it's time to unite, draw some strength from our togetherness and get back on the rails." Meanwhile, Parry insists plans for Liverpool to move into a new stadium by 2010 are well on course, despite fears that the preparations had hit a stumbling block. "When we said we were revising things, perhaps there was a bit of consternation that we were somehow going back to the drawing board to make dramatic alterations," Parry added. "In fact, it was a case of looking at some costs to see if we could make them more efficient."