Liverpool’s Buys Show Owners’ Desire to Win, Executive Says
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Liverpool’s spending on player trades indicates owner Fenway Sports Group’s desire to return the soccer club to trophy-winning ways, according to a senior executive at the company that also owns the Boston Red Sox.
Fenway Sports’ principal owner John W. Henry, who made his fortune in hedge funds, pushed through the 300 million-pound ($485 million) acquisition of the 18-time English champion in October after lenders forced the previous owners to sell.