NESV Chairman Thomas Werner Expresses His Delight At Taking Over Liverpool

NESV chairman, Thomas Werner, has expressed his delight and relief after the American company completed a £300 million takeover of Liverpool.

The company, who also own American Baseball team Boston Red Sox, completed the deal on Friday after previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett dropped their injunction against The Reds chairman Martin Broughton.

Werner believes the club can move forward and NESV can help restore the club. He is also relieved that from the past couple of days, the company have managed to gain control of such a historic club.

“I think that Liverpool is one of the great clubs in all of sport.” Werner told liverpoolfc.tv.

“Its history, its tradition, its fans - in some ways - are similar to the fans of the Boston Red Sox in that they're loyal, they're passionate and it's our good fortune to be stewards and we hope that we will take care of this extraordinary club and provide it with the resources and the commitment to win in the near future and hopefully restore some of its lustre.

“I think it's been a very interesting rollercoaster but now our focus is on stabilizing the club.

"We've been with the players this morning and the manager and we introduced ourselves, told them that we're here to be supportive, to be constructive and we have a great history in Boston of providing the resources to win and we expect to do the same.

Werner also believes that Liverpool can challenge for the title again and says that NESV is on the side of the fans and will listen to them.

“I think one message I'd like to give is I'd rather under promise and over deliver,” he continued.

“But if you look at our track record in Boston - and the Boston Red Sox have some similarities with Liverpool - we came into a situation where the club had not won actually for 86 years and we hope to win much faster than that.

“It's an honour to be here, we're humbled by this and we just want to tell our fans that we're going to listen to them, we're on their side and finally it's about winning on the pitch.

“We are quietly confident but we would like to say to our fans that we are honest, we care, we're focused, we have brought great management into Boston and we look forward to doing whatever we can to strengthen the club. We can't wait to see everybody at Anfield.”