“It was October 15, 2010, when Fenway Sports Group, then known as New England Sports Ventures, completed its £300million takeover of Liverpool. The debt-ridden Premier League giants had been pulled back from the brink of administration after the destructive reign of Tom Hicks and George Gillett. ‘I am proud and humbled,’ principal owner John W Henry told reporters. ‘I can’t tell you how happy I am. We’re here to win.’ Two days later, Henry and chairman Tom Werner took their seats at Goodison Park to watch Roy Hodgson’s Liverpool lose 2-0 against Everton, with only goal difference keeping them off the bottom of the table. A bleak afternoon opened their eyes to the size of the task ahead. …”
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