Author: Brooks Peck

Liverpool owners “underestimated how poor the squad was,” only attended one match before buying the club

When Fenway Sports Group bought Liverpool from George Gillett and Tom Hicks, there was cautious optimism that they would turn things around for the club after the stormy reign of their predecessors. Now, in a court case relating to the 2010 sale of the club, it has been revealed that FSG didn’t really know what they were getting into after all.

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DT Exclusive: Cristiano Ronaldo’s apology to his teammates

Cristiano Ronaldo sparked outrage when he told reporters after Real Madrid’s loss to Atletico that “If we were all at my level, maybe we would be leaders.” He later clarified that comment by saying that he was talking about his injury plagued teammates’ level of fitness and not their level of play and now it has been revealed that he apologized directly to them via WhatsApp. The following is a transcript of that conversation. 

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