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• New owner should be 'given time' to succeed
• 'Champions League and new stadium a priority'

Liverpool were one day from administration before being sold to the current owner Fenway Sports Group, according to their former managing director Christian Purslow.

The 48-year-old negotiated the sale to John W Henry in late 2010 and on Sunday cautioned criticism of the owner's first year and a half in charge at Anfield.

Speaking on Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme, he said: "People have short memories; it's only 15-16 months ago we were a day away from being in administration. We are now stable financially.

"It's year one of what they [Fenway] said when they bought the club 'would be a long journey'."

Purslow was appointed by the former joint owners Tom Hicks and George Gillette in June 2009 with a brief of finding new owners, and left his post shortly after Fenway completed its takeover in October 2010.

He believes Fenway should be given more time, but stressed the importance of Champions League football and a move to a new stadium if Liverpool's fortunes are to improve.

"The club has had some investment [under Fenway] and it will take time for that to work," he said. "I think everybody's disappointed with the league performance, but it's year one. One thing I will say about American owners is the idea that there is some emotional connection is obviously rubbish. It's an investment game, Liverpool is an investment and the value of that investment will hang largely on two key planks in the strategy they would have put in place when they bought the club. The first was to get the team back into regular Champions League football."

That would not only increase profits by £20m-30m a year but also help the club retain and hire the best players, Purslow explained.

But he was disappointment the club have not made any progress towards building a new stadium, the second part of that strategy. "If I am disappointed about one thing under this new ownership it is they've got nowhere on the new stadium," he said.

Chelsea's announcement this week of a bid to build a new stadium on the site of the former Battersea Power Station would put them in a stronger financial position than Liverpool. "It's critical. If you look at Chelsea's news in the last few days, Arsenal have already stolen a march on us," added Purslow. "If Chelsea get that stadium up and running then it's another team that's ahead of us in the queue." Read More

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