When John W Henry appeared in front of a camera in the bowels of Fenway Park in Boston on the evening of April 20 last year it marked the lowest ebb for Liverpool's principal owner during his time at the helm.
Fenway Sports Group supremo Henry rarely places himself before the glare of the media unless the situation demands it. The last time he had been so public with the Reds was to address the success of the team in securing the 2020 Premier League title, the club's first English title in 30 years.
But earlier in that year he had to address angry Boston Red Sox fans due to the trading of fan favourite Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a trade deal that still rankles with Red Sox fans now, especially given the struggles that they are currently enduring in Major League Baseball on the field. Before that, even, there was the need to address fans in 2019 to address the sacking of president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, a man who had 12 months earlier helmed a World Series winning run for the Red Sox.
