Parry slams Hicks letter

11 April 2008 12:00am

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has branded attempts to remove him from office by co-owner Tom Hicks as "offensive".

The club were plunged into further boardroom turmoil when Hicks wrote to Parry asking him to resign but Parry claimed he never personally received a letter and learned only of it from the television.

"I've not seen the letter," Parry told Sky Sports News. "You guys know a lot more about the letter than I do. My family saw it on Sky Sports, so they were delighted."

He added: "This week, I shouldn't be the story, the story should be the team. It's offensive to the players, the manager, the fans, in the week when we had another great European triumph there's more dirty linen being washed (in public)."

Parry has been chief executive at Liverpool for a decade and oversaw the takeover of the club by Hicks and business partner George Gillett last year.

Since then, the relationship between Hicks and Gillett has broken down and the future ownership of the club remains the subject of continual speculation.

Parry, with Hicks unable to force his hand, has vowed to continue working as normal.

He said: "No individual, certainly not me, is bigger than the club. The club will be fine but once again it shows there's a little bit of a lack of unity at the top. I'm just getting on the with the job."

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