Football News : Henry: I knew 'virtually nothing' about Liverpool

Liverpool owner John W Henry admits he knew "virtually nothing" about the
club or English football before his Fenway Sports Group [FSG] completed their
takeover at Anfield a year ago.

GettyImagesJohn W Henry became the owner of Liverpool in October 2010

On Saturday it will be 12 months to the day that it was confirmed that the
American company had assumed control of the Reds.

Since then Henry has overseen Kenny Dalglish's appointment as manager and a
significant spending spree on new players such as Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.

In an interview with The Guardian, FSG's chiefs have explained they were
attracted to buying Liverpool after considering the financial potential of the
club's global following.

Henry saw parallels between the Merseyside outfit's situation and that of Major
League Baseball side Boston Red Sox when FSG took them over in 2002 - and the
opportunity to perform a similar reviving act in a sport with greater
international appeal.

But when asked what he knew about Liverpool and English football before being
alerted to the club's financial difficulties last August, the 62-year-old said:
"Very little. We knew virtually nothing about Liverpool Football Club nor EPL [the Premier League]."

Tom Werner of FSG, who is now Liverpool's chairman, also had limited knowledge
of the Reds.

"I had been in sports so I was aware of the EPL and its strength globally,"
Werner said. "But I didn't know the inner workings of it. I certainly knew about Manchester
United."