Rafael Benitez has today spoken of his desire to remain as Liverpool manager and insisted that "no-one" at the club wants to sell Fernando Torres or Steven Gerrard.
The boss revealed he has held positive talks with Chairman Martin Broughton and will hold another meeting with the Reds chief next week.
"I had a meeting with the chairman and it was positive," Benitez told his post match press conference at Hull City. "We will have another one this week and we will talk about the future again.
"I have shown my commitment for years, and if I stay I am not thinking about selling Gerrard or Torres. I do not want to sell them.
"The stability of the club is important because we need to move forward, we will have another meeting and hopefully we can progress."
He added: "Nobody wants to sell them (Gerrard and Torres). I think the Chairman was very clear."
Asked if he wanted to remain as Liverpool manager, Benitez said: "Yes, it is always the same situation. I have wanted to stay and I would like to stay."
The Reds brought a disappointing season to a close with 0-0 draw at Hull City, a result that leaves them in seventh place.
Benitez admits it was a frustrating afternoon in Humberside and feels the draw was symptomatic of their season away from home.
"I think you could see we tried to win," he said. "We had chances, we could have scored at the end, but it has been a special season with a lot of things happening. We had three or four chances but couldn't take them.
"We were really good away last season, but this year there has been a big difference. We didn't win the games we won last season and haven't scored as many goals."
One positive from the draw with the Tigers was the debut of Academy starlet, Jack Robinson, who became the youngest Liverpool player in history when he replaced Ryan Babel late on.
Benitez said: "We have been lucky because the reserve team have been away and we had problems with injuries, with Fabio and Insua. He was training with us one day, so we felt he could be an option.
"We knew he was a young player. I am really pleased. He is now clutching his shirt and doesn't want to give to anyone."
Liverpool's seventh place finish means they will now face a Europa League qualifier in July, a fixture that Benitez admits will cause issues with the Reds' pre-season preparations.
"We were working hard and had the pre-season more or less sorted. But now we have to analyse the schedule and see if we can organise the fixtures properly.
"It was the same last year, we had too many players away with the Confederations Cup. The teams are suffering with these tournaments, but it's not easy, we will try to manage."
The boss was also quizzed about potential transfer targets.
He said: "We have been working and looking at targets. Every year is the same."
He added: "I don't think it will be a problem attracting players because Liverpool is massive club with a great history and we have big players with quality in the squad.
"You cannot win every year. This season has been bad, but when you are at a club for a long time you have good times and bad times."
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