Ex-Liverpool chief Parry: Fans must appreciate work of FSG

Former Liverpool chief exec Rick Parry says fans should appreciate the management of owners FSG.

Parry was at the club when previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett took charge.

He told Simon Jordan's podcast: I think Liverpool have done brilliantly under FSG and Jurgen Klopp.

The Champions League win was terrific and I think the owners have achieved success with a sustainable model. They don't want to lose money but they're not in it to make money, they are in it to build long-term value. They are in it to win and I think they are really good owners.

The fans give FSG stick because they want to be competing with Manchester City and the clubs owned by sovereign states, but the owners have had the patience and the courage to say that if it is going to have to take longer, that is just the way it will have to be.

The fact that they were not Hicks and Gillett gave them a lot of credit in the bank with the fans and they were a lot more patient with them. The fanbase were used to Liverpool winning titles so there was always an expectation, but it had become so long that a lot of newer Liverpool fans had never seen them win a title, so they didn't have quite as much pressure."