John Henry dismisses relegation talk as 'complete nonsense'

21 October 2011 12:38
Liverpool owner John Henry denies that foreign owners in the Premier League want to scrap the relegation and promotion system. [LNB]Richard Bevan, the chief executive of the League Managers' Association, said this week that some of the American and Asian owners have been talking about ending the system. [LNB]But Henry called that 'complete nonsense', insisting it 'hasn't been discussed.'[LNB] Take clap: Henry has dismissed Bevan's claim [LNB] Half of the Premier League's teams are foreign-owned. Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester United and Sunderland are owned by Americans, while Blackburn is under Indian ownership and Queens Park Rangers has Malaysian backers. [LNB]American sports leagues don't follow the European model of relegation and promotion. [LNB] Bevan warned that, if more teams are sold to overseas investors, they could force a change in the long-standing rules. [LNB]However, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said that 'there's been no serious debate about it at all.'[LNB]'It's just a nonsensical starting point,' Scudamore said. 'It's scaremongering of the worst order in my view.'[LNB]  It's nonsensical! Premier League chief Scudamore dismisses 'no-relegation' talk Brits abroad: Foreign owners will make us play overseas, says Redknapp

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