This year will see Fenway Sports Group make it 12 years as Liverpool owners, while across the Atlantic it will be 20 years at the helm of the Boston Red Sox.
In Boston FSG ended an 86-year wait for a World Series title just two years after taking charge, winning baseball's most coveted prize in 2004, a feat that has been followed up on three more occasions since, in 2007, 2013 and 2018. While it hasn't been a journey without some bumps in the road stateside they have undeniably brought back a winning culture to one of American sports' most storied sporting teams.
In Liverpool there have been similarities. FSG were vindicated in the pursuit of a data driven strategy that invested in people to seek value where others missed it, and the hiring of Jurgen Klopp in 2015 was arguably their smartest ever move, the German having steered the Reds to a Premier League title - their first English league title in 30 years, a Champions League crown, a League Cup success and victory in the FIFA Club World Cup. Now, in 2022, they are chasing down an unprecedented quadruple, a potentially title-defining showdown with rivals Manchester City on Sunday.
