Hicks said: “I want Rafa to be in charge of Liverpool for the discernible future. He’s got my total backing.
“He has a contract for two more years and as far as I’m concerned will be here for at least the length of his contract, hopefully longer.
“We have never turned down his requests for money on any player.
“We’ve given funds already this transfer window, we’re ready to endorse the signing of Javier Mascherano and are already talking about the summer.”
