Our Owners

John_W_Henry John W. Henry
Opening day tomorrow in Liverpool. What a difference a year makes. A year ago this month Joe wrote, "Save my club!" "What club?"

John_W_Henry John W. Henry
Well, we haven't saved anything yet, just set a new course in the deep waters of English football. We feel very, very fortunate to be here.

John Henry taken to hospital in a neck brace after a fall on a yacht

Hopefully its nothing serious

No its precautions I think, small accident

He has been discharged

nice one

Liverpool have narrowed the search for a stadium naming-rights partner down to just three global companies.

And that could see the Anfield club finally make a decision over their ground by the end of the year - with a new state-of-the-art 70,000-seat arena the likely outcome.

The club has been given another extension over planning consents by the local council, who are keen to work in partnership to develop the area.

That has offered breathing space, as owners Fenway Sports examine the financial implications of the two options open to them - redeveloping Anfield, or building a new stadium.

The latter is only viable if Liverpool can find a naming-rights partner who are prepared to pay at least the equal of Arsenal's record-breaking deal at the Emirates, which was worth around £150million.

But with the council's extension now allowing a more sensible negotiating period, confidence is high at Anfield that a deal can be struck with one of the three parties.

Liverpool's current shirt sponsors, Standard Chartered bank, are thought to be one of those companies.

The club believe they can start building work early next year if they find a partner to match their valuation.

The news at least averts the very real threat to Liverpool of having their planning rights rescinded, which would have hit the club massively - and even threatened the future.

Liverpool council though, have worked hard with the club to develop a plan that will also see the local community area developed, which would appease any opposition to the scheme.



Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Li ... z1a1gjbFq4

interesting

Whether we leave anfield or not, we need a bigger stadium ASAP

John W. Henry @John_W_Henry Close
I appreciate all of the player suggestions but that isn't my role. Be thankful for that!


Oh dear

Cringe

What's this twitter crap about FSG wanting out coming from, just logged in on twitter

Didn't hear a thing and have my doubts

Oh no doubt its BS but you have to wonder who makes this stuff up

From NESN's Liverpool man on twitter:

@alantkayll

Rumours that Liverpool's owners are using inner circle to sell the club are false. The club is not for sale.

Ben Smith @BenSmithBBC
John Henry and Tom Werner clocking up miles this week. They'll be back on Merseyside for more talks about #LFC this week

Lots of rumours around the net that there is a big announcement tomorrow???

I'd say that's bull, Henry is in town so they are just putting 2+2 together and coming up with 5

Yeah you are probably right

Liverpool Football Club's principal owner John W Henry has written the following open letter to supporters:

I am as disappointed as anyone connected with Liverpool Football Club that we were unable to add further to our strike force in this summer transfer window, but that was not through any lack of desire or effort on the part of all of those involved. They pushed hard in the final days of the transfer window on a number of forward targets and it is unfortunate that on this occasion we were unable to conclude acceptable deals to bring those targets in.

But a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future.

Nor should anyone minimise the importance of keeping our best players during this window. We successfully retained Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez. We greatly appreciate their faith and belief in the club. And we successfully negotiated new, long-term contracts with Luis and with Martin.

No one should doubt our commitment to the club. In Brendan Rodgers we have a talented young manager and we have valued highly his judgement about the make-up of the squad. This is a work in progress. It will take time for Brendan to instill his philosophy into the squad and build exactly what he needs for the long term.

The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth. We are avowed proponents of EUFA's Financial Fair Play agenda that was this week reiterated by Mr Platini - something we heartily applaud. We must comply with Financial Fair Play guidelines that ensure spending is tied to income. We have been successful in improving the commercial side of the club and the monies generated going forward will give us greater spending power in the coming years.

We are still in the process of reversing the errors of previous regimes. It will not happen overnight. It has been compounded by our own mistakes in a difficult first two years of ownership. It has been a harsh education, but make no mistake, the club is healthier today than when we took over.

Spending is not merely about buying talent. Our ambitions do not lie in cementing a mid-table place with expensive, short-term quick fixes that will only contribute for a couple of years. Our emphasis will be on developing our own players using the skills of an increasingly impressive coaching team. Much thought and investment already have gone into developing a self-sustaining pool of youngsters imbued in the club's traditions.

That ethos is to win. We will invest to succeed. But we will not mortgage the future with risky spending.

After almost two years at Anfield, we are close to having the system we need in place. The transfer window may not have been perfect but we are not just looking at the next 16 weeks until we can buy again: we are looking at the next 16 years and beyond. These are the first steps in restoring one of the world's great clubs to its proper status.

It will not be easy, it will not be perfect, but there is a clear vision at work.

We will build and grow from within, buy prudently and cleverly and never again waste resources on inflated transfer fees and unrealistic wages. We have no fear of spending and competing with the very best but we will not overpay for players.

We will never place this club in the precarious position that we found it in when we took over at Anfield. This club should never again run up debts that threaten its existence.

Most of all, we want to win. That ambition drives every decision. It is the Liverpool way. We can and will generate the revenues to achieve that aim. There will be short-term setbacks from time to time, but we believe we have the right people in place to bring more glory to Anfield.

Finally, I can say with authority that our ownership is not about profit. Contrary to popular opinion, owners rarely get involved in sports in order to generate cash. They generally get involved with a club in order to compete and work for the benefit of their club. It's often difficult. In our case we work every day in order to generate revenues to improve the club. We have only one driving ambition at Liverpool and that is the quest to win the Premier League playing the kind of football our supporters want to see. That will only occur if we do absolutely the right things to build the club in a way that makes sense for supporters, for us and for those who will follow us. We will deliver what every long-term supporter of Liverpool Football Club aches for.

JWHenry

Obviously feeling the backlash

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

at least they have the balls to say deadline day was fooked up bigtime.

Yes but they do not know how to play things in the media unfortunately. Now every club we contact knows we are desperate for a striker and the price is gonna be hiked up................. I dunno maybe im over analysing. I just think sacking Ayre and getting a good MD in would have been better than that letter.

Actions speak louder that words....

Have fire Red Sox manager bobby valentine

Think so