Henry: we’re here to win

LIVERPOOL can look forward to a virtually debt-free future after New England Sports Ventures (NESV) yesterday completed the £300 million (€343.6m) takeover of the club to bring a frenetic week to a conclusion.

New owner John W Henry said he was “proud and humbled” by the responsibility of taking on the club, and stressed a priority would be to develop a winning team.

But although they have dropped their £1bn (€1.14bn) Texas lawsuit against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) the shadow of former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett still hangs over the club despite their defeat in a legal battle to stop the takeover.