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<\/p>\nThe ECHO’s Reds writers look at what could be next on Fenway Sports Group’s to-do list at Liverpool as they celebrate 15 years as owners this week<\/p>\n
Mark is a Content Editor at Reach PLC’s Liverpool Hub, and was appointed to the role in 2025. Prior to that appointment he worked solely for the Mirror for nine years, primarily in the role of Sports Features Editor. An experienced sports writer and editor, Mark worked for the Mirror at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and at Euro 2024 in Germany. A regular contributor to podcasts and videos, his work can be seen both in print and online, and his exclusive interview with the Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk in April 2024 is one of many successful projects Mark has completed for Reach PLC.<\/p>\n
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John Henry and FSG have been at Liverpool for 15 years(Image: UEFA via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Fifteen years ago this week, John W Henry stood on the steps of London’s High Court as the new principal owner of Liverpool FC and delivered his mission statement.<\/p>\n
“We’re here to win,” he professed just moments after Fenway Sports Group, who were then known as New England Sports Ventures, had completed a \u00a3300m takeover at Anfield to end the reign of the detested Tom Hicks and George Gilett, whose disastrous stewardship had led the club to the brink of financial ruin.<\/p>\n
In the decade-and-a-half since, FSG have transformed the fortunes on Merseyside. In October 2025, they stand as the Premier League champions who are almost certain to post record-breaking revenues in their next set of accounts, aided, in part, by their 10-year agreement with new kit manufacturers Adidas alongside a whole host of commercial agreements that have been penned in recent times.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Liverpool CEO explains how FSG took Reds from ‘brink of administration’ to Premier League glory<\/a>READ MORE: FSG issue fresh statement on Liverpool ownership – ‘We could never have imagined’<\/a><\/p>\n Anfield now plays host to crowds of 60,000 on a weekly basis having seen the Main Stand and Anfield Road ends increase capacity in 2016 and 2023, respectively, while a \u00a350m training facility named the AXA Centre opened five years ago next month.<\/p>\n In a public statement released on Wednesday, FSG<\/a> have made clear their intent to continue the progress on Merseyside<\/a>, saying: \u201cToday is a day to look back with gratitude. But it\u2019s also a reminder that our work isn\u2019t done. There\u2019s still so much more ahead of us – more to achieve, more to win, and more memories to make, together.”<\/p>\n So what does that future look like for Liverpool under the guidance of Fenway? The ECHO’s dedicated Reds writers have taken a closer look as to what might be on the agenda on Merseyside in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n Paul Gorst<\/p>\n More than any one single transfer or managerial appointment, Fenway Sports Group’s decision to stay at Anfield and expand rather than move the home ground of Liverpool FC<\/a> has been their most inspired decision.<\/p>\n In the winter of 2010, it would have been easy to cast a glance around sites that might house a brand new stadium for a football club who were about to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.<\/p>\n However, after one cursory glance around Anfield itself, John Henry was moved to state that he saw no reason why the club would ever want to up sticks and end their association with one of the most iconic stadiums in world football.<\/p>\n Fifteen years later, the modern Anfield stands as a monument to FSG’s understated yet decisive ownership. Over \u00a3200m has been invested into its infrastructure, the bricks and mortar that has become the club’s unique selling point to attracting and swelling its worldwide fanbase.<\/p>\n The Main Stand opened in September 2016 at a cost of around \u00a3115m as Anfield played host to its biggest crowds for decades before the renovation of the Anfield Road end – which fittingly began with Jurgen Klopp<\/a> putting the first spade in the ground back in September 2021 – was finally completed in late 2023.<\/p>\n With Anfield hosting some of the biggest musicians on the planet in June every year now, turning the venue into as close to a 365-day-a-year operation as possible has been a lucrative call.<\/p>\n Is there, then, more scope to develop in the coming years? Anfield chiefs have always insisted it is not on the to-do list when asked in checks and interviews in the last few years but finding a way to further increase Anfield makes long-term financial sense.<\/p>\n That Anfield Road contractors Buckingham Group went into administration during the renovation was unfortunate and the initially slated cost only rose further and further as the work went on.<\/p>\n Those factors are likely to count against any future plans to develop further but if there is a way to build that famous old ground up even more, then that will help bring in more supporters through the turnstiles to satisfy what is a growing demand for tickets.<\/p>\n As Premier League champions in 2025, that demand has rarely, if ever, been more intense.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760490673_316_0_Blood-Red-coverJPG.jpg\")
Blood Red October issue on sale now<\/p>\n