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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Mark Wakefield

FSG sacked Liverpool chief after making 'big mistake' on transfer that proved anything but

October 2010 marked a big change for Liverpool as Fenway Sports Group took control of the club following the exit of Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

John W. Henry, as principal owner, and working with chairman Tom Werner, set out to unleash a new era at Anfield. And within weeks of his arrival, Henry had made his mark.

As it was on this day 12 years ago that Liverpool announced Damien Comolli as the club’s director of football strategy to work alongside manager Roy Hodgson, who been appointed in the summer before FSG's arrival.

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