Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says he has been “more than impressed” by initial meetings with the club’s new owners, New England Sports Ventures.
NESV completed their £300million takeover of the club last month with co-owner John Henry on Merseyside this week to unveil Damien Comolli as the club’s new Director of Football Strategy and watch the Napoli game at Anfield tonight (8.05pm).
Hodgson said, “The owners are very interesting people and every discussion you have with them is a pleasurable one because they have good questions and clear ideas and they listen to what you have to say,” Hodgson said. “I have been more than impressed. Sometimes people buy clubs and you don’t see or hear them but it has been quite the opposite.
“John and Tom have taken an enormous interest, spending a lot of time with the club and it is something which can only be to our benefit because we need people to look into this club. It is a great club and will be a great club in the future but it needs people like John and Tom to look into it and see where we have been going wrong and where they can step in and help us improve and that is what they are going to do.
“I regard that as positive and what I have to do as team manager is ensure we win as many games as possible so their improvements take place in a positive atmosphere rather than in a negative atmosphere.
“As far as they are concerned they understand that you don’t wave magic wands in sport, if things need putting right it is going to take some time. But they are determined to get things right and the quicker the better but they are realistic that what needs to be done needs to be done.
“In the meantime we have to be making the best efforts we can to keep the club as high in the table as possible and the more we can do in that respect the easier their job will become.”
