The mere present of John W Henry at Anfield on Saturday afternoon was enough to set tongues wagging and imaginations racing. So when the principal owner of Liverpool later delivered a thumbs up to a demand from one particular fan concerning the arrival of a new midfielder, it went viral.
Whether the Fenway Sports Group chief even heard the fan's transfer plea is not particularly clear but the firm acknowledgement of it has further whet the appetite of a fanbase who were already convinced that a belated search for a new player was firmly underway after Jurgen Klopp's latest update in his Friday press conference.
"We are looking for it and if it is the right player we need him and if it is not the right player we don’t need him," Klopp said. "I know we have had this discussion since it all started and I am the one who said we don’t need a midfielder and you were all right and I was wrong.
