FSG named among WORST owners

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have been told they care more about making money than results in another damning take.

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The Boston-based group - fronted by John W Henry - have come in for fierce criticism at several of the sports teams they own.

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Although Liverpool sit top of the Premier League, Reds’ fans have been frustrated by a perceived lack of investment on the part of FSG with sporting directors and managers operating on a very tight net spend.

That situation is echoed in the NHL where FSG’s Pittsburgh Penguins have been woefully underperforming over the past few seasons.

But perhaps issues are most profound around the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball. FSG’s flagship team missed the postseason in MLB yet again in 2024 and have come under pressure from supporters for their failure to act in the free-agent market.

And now in a new ranking of MLB’s worst owners on Sportsnaut, Henry and his group have come in for more fierce criticism.

FSG taking Boston backwards

Although not ranked dead last - that dubious honour went to Bob Nutting of the Pittsburgh Pirates - Henry and FSG didn’t come out covered in glory.

“The Boston Red Sox should consistently be one of the highest-spending clubs in baseball, putting themselves in the mix with the likes of the Philadelphia Phillies and within range of the New York Yankees,” Sportsnaut says.

“Instead, John Henry and the Fenway Sports Group have taken things in a different direction to the detriment of the club.

“The Red Sox payroll in 2025 ($210 million luxury tax projection) is poised to finish outside the 12 highest spending teams. Boston just finished the second consecutive year – $188.54M in 2024 (11th) and $180.926M in 2023 (13th) – outside the top 10 in payroll spending.

“Unsurprisingly, the club has finished last in the AL East both times and three times in the last four years.

“Meanwhile, Henry has kept raising Red Sox ticket prices. Revenue over on-field results seems to be the Fenway Sports Group’s primary objective now, which also sees this team be “in the mix” for many top MLB free agents every winter that they never sign.”

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That sense of inactivity in the market is something that Liverpool fans will certainly recognise, while the wait goes on for new contracts in the case of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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