No Tall Claims As New Owner Henry Meets Liverpool Players
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October 17, 2010, Sunday
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LIVERPOOL players met their new owner yesterday as attention turned from the long and bitter boardroom battle for control of the club to the fortunes of the relegation-threatened team on the pitch.
John Henry was in Liverpool a day after fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. gave up their legal fight to hang onto the club, which was sold against their wishes by rival English directors to Henry's New England Sports Ventures, which also owns baseball's Boston Red Sox.
The new owners arrive without the promises of their predecessors, but they have been largely welcomed by the club's fans, who are relieved to be rid of the massive debts which Hicks and Gillett saddled the club with, and are dreaming of a return to the club's fading glory days.
The task begins today with the team making the short trip to Everton for the Merseyside derby when Roy Hodgson's side will be trying to record just its second English Premier League win of the season. It currently lies 18th in the 20-strong table.
After training on Saturday, Henry met the players at the club's Melwood complex.
"(It) was a short but good meeting," winger Ryan Babel posted on his Twitter feed. "He is humble and proud to be part of LFC."
John Henry was in Liverpool a day after fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. gave up their legal fight to hang onto the club, which was sold against their wishes by rival English directors to Henry's New England Sports Ventures, which also owns baseball's Boston Red Sox.
The new owners arrive without the promises of their predecessors, but they have been largely welcomed by the club's fans, who are relieved to be rid of the massive debts which Hicks and Gillett saddled the club with, and are dreaming of a return to the club's fading glory days.
The task begins today with the team making the short trip to Everton for the Merseyside derby when Roy Hodgson's side will be trying to record just its second English Premier League win of the season. It currently lies 18th in the 20-strong table.
After training on Saturday, Henry met the players at the club's Melwood complex.
"(It) was a short but good meeting," winger Ryan Babel posted on his Twitter feed. "He is humble and proud to be part of LFC."
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