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Red Sox owner says there’s no quick fix for Liverpool FC


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Red-Sox and now Liverpool main owner said it will be next summer before there is an improvement to the first-team squad who have not been so hot this year.

John W Henry said “The club has gone through a very difficult period and the period has not ended."

“Blaming the manager or any one particular player is simply wrong. This club needs to play up to their potential every match.”

The New England Sports Venture (NESV) completed a €350 million takeover last month but has yet to show any improvements in the premiership club.

Liverpool lost 2-0 this past weekend to Stoke City and have come under fire again from fans.

Henry said the team will be looking at transfer targets for January and that Hodgson is busy watching players from other clubs in preparation.

Damien Comolli, recently appointed as Liverpool’s inaugural director of football strategy, shared the same views as Henry.

“As I’ve just joined, we’ve got only a few weeks to prepare for the window but we are also looking at the summer transfer window. That’s what I would call short-term but then long-term we are already looking at things like the pre-season tour for next season.”


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Shortly after John Henry and NESV took over Liverpool FC, John Henry made the comment that he had gone over Liverpool's "books", ie financial records, and found them "terrifying". That sounds as if LFC doesn't have the income to sustain their current level of expenditure. John Henry has said that he is not a "sheik" and doesn't intend to throw money away on Liverpool. When NESV bought the club they may have made the false assumption that Hicks & Gillett's financial difficulties were due solely to debt maintenance. Perhaps its income stream is currently inadequate for a club attempting to reach the upper levels of the English Premier League.
 




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