"They want people to forgive and forget. How can we forgive and forget when we don't know the truth? They know the truth - and if they want to help us they should tell us who was the police source for the lies they printed 15 years ago.
"What The Sun was told by this source must have been damning, because the paper's original headline was going to be 'You Scum'.
"As for Wayne Rooney, our argument is with his advisers. It wasn't him who rang up The Sun and said 'Hello, I've got a story for you.' If he has been badly advised, then he should sack his agents.
"And regarding the £250,000 he is reported to have been paid - perhaps he might think the best thing he could now do is donate it to good local causes, such as Alder Hey Children's Hospital, the ECHO's Sunrise Fund and the Marina Dalglish breast cancer charity fund.
"I would also like to invite Wayne to sit down and watch a video of Jimmy McGovern's Hillsborough drama-documentary, which tells the real truth about what happened."
Phil, who lost his 14-year-old son, Philip junior, in the Hillsborough disaster, adds: "The ECHO has reported that Rooney's performances at Euro 2004 had united the red half and the blue half of Liverpool. Probably the last time this happened was in the aftermath of Hillsborough."
He added: "What a terrible shame that The Sun is now trying to drive a wedge between Wayne Rooney, the Everton and Liverpool fans and the local papers.
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