Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre has defended the club’s owners Fenway Sports Group ahead of a proposed ticket price protest by suggesting fans should “be careful what they wish for”.

Brendan Rodgers has ordered his ailing Liverpool team to toughen up if they are to mount a serious challenge for a return to the UEFA Champions League next season.

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Fans’ group Spirit of Shankly has written to Arsenal and Liverpool requesting more consideration is given to away supporters attending next month’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at the Emirates Stadium.

Supporters' group Spirit of Shankly have called on Liverpool chairman Tom Werner to be held accountable for the way the club is being run.

Former winger John Barnes believes if Liverpool’s owners do not put in place the right long-term plan, the club could be waiting another 20 years to challenge for the Premier League title.

Liverpool have set no deadline on their search for a new manager following the departure of Rafael Benitez.

LIVERPOOL are beginning their search for a new manager after confirming the departure of Rafael Benitez yesterday.

THERE’S no pleasing some people. Drop 20 points out of 30 and the manager’s clueless, the players are charlatans and the club is heading to hell in a Honda.

FORMER Liverpool director Tom Hicks Jr, who yesterday resigned from the board of both the football club and parent company Kop Holdings, has apologised for his “mistake” in sending an obscene email to a supporter.

Liverpool director Tom Hicks Jr has resigned from his position with the club and their parent company Kop Holdings in the wake of his foul-mouthed e-mail rant at a fan.

AROUND 1,000 Liverpool supporters staged a protest march against the club’s owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett yesterday.

Security will be heightened at Anfield on Sunday as fans plan a march to protest against George Gillett and Tom Hicks’ ownership of the club.

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has defended the investment levels of the current regime and suggested fans should look to manager Rafael Benitez, rather than the club’s owners, if the Reds are failing to progress.

LIVERPOOL put the misery of their opening day defeat at Tottenham firmly behind them with a convincing victory over Stoke at Anfield last night.

Liverpool 4 Stoke 0

FERNANDO TORRES talked about winning the Premier League with Liverpool yesterday, as countryman Xabi Alonso moved closer to the Anfield exit door.

LIVERPOOL’S American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett may face difficult decisions regarding their continued involvement at Anfield but the future of the club is not under threat.

The Middle East investment arm of the Dubai government, DIC, have moved today to disassociate themselves from suggestions that they are still trying to buy Liverpool, or have moved on to Newcastle.

Liverpool fans’ group the Spirit of Shankly want the Royal Bank of Scotland to stop financing the club’s American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

LIVERPOOL fans’ groups have launched a savage attack on the club’s American owners after yet another delay to the building of their new stadium in Stanley Park.

LIVERPOOL fans’ groups have been assured that Jose Mourinho has not been offered Rafael Benitez’s job as boss at Anfield.

Liverpool fans’ groups have been assured that Jose Mourinho has not been offered Rafael Benitez’s job as boss at Anfield.

Tom Hicks is expected in London early next week to discuss the future of Liverpool with Dubai International Capital.