New Reds owners visit Anfield

(GSM) – Liverpool’s new owner John W Henry made a trip to Anfield on Saturday afternoon and then dropped in at Melwood to give the players an insight into his plans to restore the team to one of the greatest in Europe.

Henry, along with fellow New England Sports Ventures chief Tom Werner, held their first meeting with Roy Hodgson’s squad and said: “We want to make Liverpool a winning club again.”

Henry and Werner made it clear that nothing was on the line in Sunday’s Merseyside derby against Everton and reiterated their intention to repeat their feat of resurrecting the fortunes of a struggling club, as they did at the Boston Red Sox.

Henry said: ‘I’m not going to make any promises, but it took us until our third season at Fenway Park. It’s hard to win, but we would settle for that here, too.

”The first time we went to Fenway was an incredible day for us and we feel similarly today.

”The first thing I wanted to do when we left London last night was to go to Anfield, and that was what I did this morning.

”I came out here and walked the pitch alone. I just couldn’t wait to get here. I had only been here once before and it was too short. I love Fenway, I love Anfield, when the place is empty and the sun is coming out.

”It’s a magical feeling to walk on to the pitch and to think that we are the new owners.”