Hodgson welcomes new Liverpool owners

(GSM) – Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has welcomed the news of the club’s takeover by New England Sports Ventures while also asking fans to be patient.

“It’s very positive and of course I’m delighted,” Hodgson told the club’s official website.

“It’s been going on a long time and I know how hard the board have worked to set things up.

“I know it’s not easy for them because the owners have other ideas in terms of the sale of the club and what is achievable. But I was delighted to hear the news and have it confirmed that it
looks like it is going to go through”.

They are currently third from bottom in the table with just six points from seven games.

“Unfortunately when you lose matches, especially games like Sunday that people don’t expect you to lose, it colours everything,” Hodgson said.

“It comes on the back of a (League) Cup defeat, albeit with a second team, so that adds to the woe – but in actual fact not much has changed.

“We know what we’ve got to do, we know we need some new players, we know we need investment, and we know we are weak in certain areas of the team – these things have been the
case since I arrived at the club and we haven’t had chance to put things right.

“What I ask of the fans is their patience, their trust and their belief, because we will get it right – there are no doubts about that.

“The club will be in a pretty healthy situation in general terms if the sale goes through”.

Club chairman Martin Broughton (pictured, left, with Hodgson) has told the manager that the prospective new owners still regard him as the ideal candidate to lead the side into an exciting
new future.

“They are very happy that this manager is the right person to take this club forward,” said Broughton.

“They talk enthusiastically about winning and investing in the team, stadium development and doing all the right things.

“I think they are going to be pretty hands-on and they have a track record of that.”