RICK PARRY has rebuffed overtures from the Football Association to head England’s 2018 World Cup bid because he believes there is a job to complete at Anfield.
The Liverpool chief executive was approached by the FA to front their campaign to host the tournament for the first time in more than 50 years.
Parry – a former Premier League executive also involved in Manchester’s unsuccessful bid for the 1996 Olympics – was at the top of a five-man shortlist drawn up by Soho Square.
But he has made it clear he has no intention of leaving Liverpool as he feels he has a loyalty and responsibility to fulfil at the Premier League club.
Parry has been caught in the rows between Liverpool’s owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and has also experienced an at times uneasy relationship with manager Rafael Benitez.
But with the future ownership of the club subject to continued speculation and work yet to being on Liverpool’s proposed new stadium on Stanley Park, Parry believes he has a duty to remain at Anfield.
The Liverpool chief executive was approached by the FA to front their campaign to host the tournament for the first time in more than 50 years.
Parry – a former Premier League executive also involved in Manchester’s unsuccessful bid for the 1996 Olympics – was at the top of a five-man shortlist drawn up by Soho Square.
But he has made it clear he has no intention of leaving Liverpool as he feels he has a loyalty and responsibility to fulfil at the Premier League club.
Parry has been caught in the rows between Liverpool’s owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, and has also experienced an at times uneasy relationship with manager Rafael Benitez.
But with the future ownership of the club subject to continued speculation and work yet to being on Liverpool’s proposed new stadium on Stanley Park, Parry believes he has a duty to remain at Anfield.
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