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| Liverpool, City struggle in Europa Liverpool have stuttered to a lucky draw at FC Utrecht in the UEFA Europa League, while Manchester City claimed a point at home against Italian giants Juventus. foxsports.com.au |
West Ham United 1 Fulham 1: match report Clint Dempsey comes back to haunt Robert Green once more but Frederic Piquionne scores to salvage a point for West Ham. telegraph.co.uk |
Tom Werner of NESV says Roy Hodgson is safe as Liverpool manager • Tom Werner says new owners do not expect 'long honeymoon'• Manager Roy Hodgson will have 'reasonable' transfer fundsTom Werner, one of Liverpool's new co-owners, has said that the club's manager, Roy Hodgson, is safe in his job and will be given transfer funds. The other co-owner, John W Henry, has also given his backing to Hodgson, whose side have taken six points from their first seven Premier League games.Werner, the chairman of New England Sports Ventures, which bought Liverpool for £300m this weekend, said the club's new owners did not expect a "long honeymoon".He told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "He [Hodgson] needs to be given time. We have a lot of confidence in Roy. Nobody can be pleased about the start of the season but the club ought to gel. We had a nice chat with him yesterday and look forward to talking to him tomorrow."Werner, who said the new owners would be meeting supporters' representatives tomorrow, added: "The one prescription for disaster is to lurch to the left and lurch to the right. We see no reason why Roy can't be our coach this year and in the future. We're certainly going to give him time."I don't want to make too many promises except that we expect the fortunes of the club to improve."Asked if the owners would be providing Hodgson with "reasonable" funds, Werner said: "Yes, absolutely."Werner also reiterated Henry's promise that the owners' main aim was to return Liverpool to their trophy-winning days.The new owners spoke to the players yesterday at the Melwood training ground. Werner said: "We're not coming in like a bull in a china shop. The first priority is to listen. Our general message was one of giving them a sense of confidence that we had their back, that we had confidence in Roy, that we were encouraging them and just basically showing our face and telling them that we were on the job."We know we're in a very competitive league here. Liverpool is one of the great clubs in the world and we need to improve revenues, especially on a global basis, but really our message to the players yesterday was just one of 'We know there's been a bit of a choppy sea lately', and we wanted to assure them of who we were and that we wanted to stabilise the situation."They were very optimistic. They seemed in good spirits. It's a desire that all of us have to win. Winning is extremely satisfying. We make no promises. I think our style is to under-promise and over-deliver. But the challenge of restoring the great lustre of Liverpool is a great challenge and we'd love to win."Everything revolves around winning. If we can win, then the brand in Asia is strengthened, but it's just really about trophies because everything falls into place if you've got a very competitive squad."Werner pointed to NESV's success with the Boston Red Sox baseball team and the money they have spent on players. The transfer fee and wages for one Japanese signing, according to Werner, came to $100m."I think the size of the payroll should increase," said Werner. "We certainly realise there is a very strong correlation between success in the Premier League and wages. We are not short-term thinkers or short-term investors."Werner added: "Tomorrow we meet with a bunch of supporters. They are the bedrock of any club's success. We do not have any agenda tomorrow but we want to listen and to repair that bridge which might be a little bit broken."LiverpoolRoy HodgsonJohn W HenryBusinessguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
FIFA looks into allegations of bribery for World Cup votes FIFA said on Sunday it will examine evidence from a British newspaper alleging that two FIFA executive committee members offered to sell their ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Mexico Name De La Torre as Coach For 2014 World Cup MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Jose Manuel de la Torre succeeded Javier Aguirre as Mexico coach on Monday with the task of steering them through to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. feeds.nytimes.com |