A gate outside of Liverpool’s stadium displaying the team slogan, which in the context of this story, rings conveniently ironic.
You think John Henry and Tom Werner have problems here? Well, yeah, they do, but at least we’ve reached a temporary calm, with the Red Sox winning five in a row and Mr. Fried Chicken McGolf, Josh Beckett, hurling seven shutout innings en route to a win last night. Meanwhile, over in England, where Henry and Werner own the storied soccer team, Liverpool FC, all chaos has broken loose.
It seems that for all the money Henry and Werner have poured into Liverpool — they’ve spent $165 million in player transfers since buying the team in late 2010 — not all their big money players have performed (stop me if this sounds familiar). Liverpool just finished a disappointing English Premier League season, coming in eighth place. Now the status of the manager, Kenny Dalglish, a Liverpool legend back in his playing days, is up in the air. The Guardian reported that, with rumors swirling about his job security, Dalglish requested a meeting with Henry and Werner to clear things up. The Fenway Sports Group owners said, Ok, but on one condition: you have to fly to Boston to talk to us. Continue reading “John Henry and Tom Werner Have a Liverpool Problem” »














