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John W Henry claims he was shocked by how poor Liverpool’s squad was when he bought the club last year.

But the man at the Anfield helm has promised fans their long wait for a title will soon end - and that others will follow.

In a damning indictment of previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett and former boss Rafa Benitez, Henry says he was staggered by the lack of depth in such an expensive squad.

Liverpool were particularly weak up front and Dirk Kuyt and David Ngog were the only recognised back-up for Fernando Torres.


Despite this imbalance, the Reds still had one of the heftiest wage bills in the Premier League and Henry is determined to reshape the squad to deliver better value for money.

“The worst surprise was the lack of depth in the squad,” said the American. “Our biggest concern in taking on this responsibility was this issue and it was a bigger issue than we feared.

“There was a huge multi-year payroll for a squad that had very little quality depth.”

Henry began his restructuring work in January by selling the unsettled Torres and Ryan Babel and using the cash to sign Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll and he is determined to make Liverpool great again.

In a season when Manchester United are set to overtake Liverpool’s long-standing record of 18 championships, he vowed to strike back and deliver the club’s first title success since 1990.

“Our No 1 priority is to win the Premier League title,” he said. “That’s what we take with us each day to work as the force that drives us to excel.

“If we can accomplish that, we will have put ourselves in a position to be successful on all fronts, including Europe.

“Success is winning championships. It’s nothing less than that and when you win a championship - and we will - success isn’t measured or accomplished by winning once.”

Henry needs to splash out on a new centre-back and left-back to help realise that dream.



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what do you make of this.....
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i think it is a good indication for liverpool ...
this might mean that we would offload players such as cole and jovanovich and others and spending heavily this summer!

thigs looking positive atlist for the moment!

The first step is acknowledging there is a problem. The step is planning to address it. The third is actually addressing the problem. The summer is the first opportunity for FSG to enact step 3. Let's hope he has the money and the club still has the luster to lure the players we would like to sign.

My only worry is that they are too eager to spend too money on a player they want when alternatives are available who are just as good and cheaper. I know that sounds stupid, but sometimes you shouldn't go for a player if he isn't value for money. For 20 million Carrol could have ended up being a good buy but in all honesty no one expects him to ever be able to justify a 35 million pound price tag and I think it will hang around his and the clubs neck. Similarly a supposed 20 mill+ bid for Micah Richards on the last day is even more ridiculous. We shouldn't be paying those prices just cause we can, sometimes value for money is important.

Value for money has left the building.

i seriously cant understand the 20m for richards. he use to look very good and a possible world beater but know he looks very very average. he was a great prospect when he 1st broke in to the team but now he seems to have gone backwards. is it me or has he became a worse player in the last few seasons?

its fecking brilliant interview, about time we had someone who doesn't see 4th as success

Nice to hear JH talking in this manner.
Roll on the summer, Out with the crap, in with the quality!

He needs a spring clean - what is the combined weekely wage of cole, jonanovic, poulsen, shelvey, ngog, kyriagkos?
£400,000????

Carroll's fee was directly relevant to to the fee chelsea paid for nando. If the'd have paid 60 mill we'd have gone to 45 for carroll. His price is irralavent. We swapped one striker for two, all in the same class. It's that bloody simple. If you think slur Alex wasn't waiting in the wings for andy then think again. The owners have put everything on the tin. Read it.