[lfc-news] Carra signs new deal - Echo

Liverpool Echo, 8 July 2005
Now let's push for title
By Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

JAMIE CARRAGHER penned a new four-year deal at Anfield and declared:
"We'll go from strength to strength under Rafa Benitez."

On a day of double contract joy for the Reds to end all the week's
turmoil, Carragher and skipper Steven Gerrard committed themselves to
Liverpool until 2009.

Now the duo are determined to complete their impressive medal collection
with the Premiership title to become the main focus for the years to come.

"I'm absolutely delighted to have agreed this new contract," said
Carragher today.

"This is the best club in the world with the best fans, so I'm very
proud to be a Liverpool player for the next four years and hopefully
even longer.

"We've had some fantastic times recently and winning the Champions
League was the biggest achievement of my career.

"Now we've done that, all of us have got that hunger to bring even more
success to the club.

"Both Stevie and Didi mentioned in interviews recently how they have won
every medal except one since 2001.

"I'm in the same situation. Now we're going to make winning the
Premiership title our top priority.

"We know how much it means to everyone here to get the Premiership
trophy. I don't know how soon we'll be able to do it.

"It's going to be tough to close the gap, but there's no point us being
defeatist about it. We proved in Europe what we can do on the big
occasion and we've got to produce the same on a consistent basis in the
league.

With Rafa Benitez improving his squad and planning more swoops before
August, Carragher is sure the top three will soon be fighting off a
stronger Anfield challenge.

"The manager has been working hard to strengthen the squad and he's as
determined as anyone to make sure there's a big improvement in our
league form," added Carragher.

"I'm sure we're going to go from strength to strength under Rafa Benitez
and I'm delighted he sees me as an important player over the next four
years. There's nowhere else I want to be."

Chief executive Rick Parry added: "We're delighted to have agreed the
deals for both Steven and Jamie today."

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