that type of payment does not come into the same area of
business as our transfer budget,' he said.

The rebuilding process at Anfield continued earlier in the day with the appointment of Clarke as first-team coach.

Man of the moment: The ropes hold off the assembled media as Dalglish proudly poses for photographs

Dalglish said: 'It is important we have good backroom staff and Steve comes into that category,' he said.

'To be fair to Steve he was phoned
last night and he was up here for training this morning - which tells
you the lure Liverpool football club has to someone.

'He was very instrumental in the
success of several clubs, none less so than Mourinho's spell at Chelsea
so we've got a decent guy there.

'He worked well in tandem with Sammy this morning so itCall it a tragic irony.

BP, now under federal scrutiny because of its role in the deadly Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill, is one of three finalists for a federal award honoring offshore oil companies for "outstanding safety and pollution prevention."

The winner of the award - chosen before the April 20 oil rig incident - was to be announced this coming Monday at a luncheon in Houston. But the U.S. Department of Interior this week postponed the awards ceremony, saying it needs to devote its resources to the ongoing situation resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and fire.

Eleven workers are presumed dead and an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil are leaking every day from the well. The cause of the explosion is still unknown.

A spokeswoman