John Henry dismisses relegation talk as 'complete nonsense'

Liverpool owner John Henry denies that foreign owners in the Premier League want to scrap the relegation and promotion system. 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. But Henry called that 'complete nonsense', insisting it 'hasn't been discussed.' Take clap: Henry has dismissed Bevan's claim 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. American sports leagues don't follow the European model of relegation and promotion. Bevan warned that, if more teams are sold to overseas investors, they could force a change in the long-standing rules. However, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said that 'there's been no serious debate about it at all.''It's just a nonsensical starting point,' Scudamore said. 'It's scaremongering of the worst order in my view.'  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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