Liverpool clash comes at worst possible time for Glazers' Man United

Liverpool at Old Trafford is a game which could not have come at a worse time for Manchester United's American owners, the Glazer family. Under fire from fans, who plan to protest before the match, with the team having lost both their opening games and failing to secure transfer targets near-daily, a game against one of the Premier League's top two threatens to become yet another humiliation.

If that was not enough, the game also provides a stark contrast between the Glazers and another American ownership group: Liverpool's Fenway Sports Group. The Boston-based organisation, headed by John W Henry, are a model of how foreign owners can take over a Premier League club, create a positive, modern results-focused culture, build a bond with fans and deliver success.

Fenway, who have also enjoyed success in their homeland with Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, have succeeded in almost every area that the Glazers have failed in. While the Glazers have stumbled through six managers in nine title-free years since Alex Ferguson retired, Fenway progressed under Brendan Rodgers before bringing in German Juergen Klopp in 2015.

Under Klopp, Liverpool showed gradual improvement before winning the Champions League in 2019 and the club's first domestic league title in 30 years with their Premier League triumph in 2020. Last year, they won the FA Cup and League Cup and, thanks to an acclaimed recruitment department, they have continued to find and sign quality players from across Europe who have gradually been added to the squad.

Prior to Klopp, the club had invested heavily in a number of expensive players who failed to deliver such as strikers Christian Benteke and Andy Carroll. But while previous managers had been in conflict at