Purslow offers fans a voice

10 October 2010 16:00
Christian Purslow has spoken about the potential sale of Liverpool Football Club to NESV and how the club intends to repair the relationship with its fans. The club face a high court battle, with George Gillett and Tom Hicks refusing to accept NESV's offer for the club. There is talk that NESV could pull out of the deal if the club is forced into administration and deducted nine points, but the Liverpool managing director refuses to contemplate that happening. "I'm not even contemplating administration and nobody should be," said Purslow on BBC radio on Sunday morning. "Last Monday we had to offers to buy our business that would clear all our debts and I'm completely focussed on making sure that the sale completes."They want to win. They are not going to be making hostages to fortune and certainly aren't going to be giving numbers into the public domain but they see a parallel to their experience in baseball and investment in players is a key component to success in most professional sports. That is the approach they took with Boston and that is the approach they will take with Liverpool. "You don't spend £300m on a sports team for it to be a mediocre team. If they buy Liverpool I would expect them to be very visible around the business. They are deadly serious about wanting to succeed and I can't imagine they will be hands-off for one minute."Our fans have been totally disenfranchised by the experience of the last three years. One thing I liked about NESV when I met them is they are really serious about the importance of engaging with the fans, so I've asked them to consider a scheme at our club that will give our fans a real sense of ownership, a real sense of inclusion, a voice that quite frankly they deserve and NESV say they will look at this very seriously if they complete. "It's not been easy with the current owners. Tensions have been high, but now that we have potential new ownership I don't want to miss the opportunity to make sure our fans never feel disenfranchised. It's the way forward for professional football in England."

Source: FOOTYMAD