Boston to Liverpool: Timeline of Fenway Sports Group
Boston to Liverpool: Timeline of Fenway Sports Group
Nine years on from buying the Red Sox, Liverpool's owners are seeking a radical change to English football's finances 2002 New England Sports Ventures buys the Boston Red Sox for $700m (£480m). Theo Epstein is hired as general manager to oversee an overhaul in player recruitment 2004 The Red Sox, under the management of Terry Francona, win their first World Series title since 1918 Feb 2007 NESV buy a 50% stake in the Roush Racing Nascar team Oct 2007 Red Sox win World Series Oct 2010 NESV buys Liverpool for £300m following a high court battle during which the club's existing owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, tried to block the sale Dec 2010 Boston sign left-arm hitters Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez for wages of $140m and $154m over seven years respectively Jan 2011 Roy Hodgson is sacked as Liverpool manager and replaced by Kenny Dalglish on a caretaker basis Jan 2011 Liverpool sell Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50m and, having already signed Luis Suárez from Ajax for £22m, buy Andy Carroll for £35m from Newcastle United Mar 2011 NESV becomes Fenway Sports Group May 2011 Dalglish signs three-year contract as Liverpool manager Aug 2011 Liverpool begin the season having signed Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing for £20m each, Charlie Adam for £7.
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