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Liverpool owner Henry apologises to fans after Super League turmoil

Football - Twelve of Europe's top football clubs launch a breakaway Super League - Liverpool, Britain - April 21, 2021. A woman walks past anti Super League banners outside Anfield as twelve of Europe's top football clubs launch a breakaway. [REUTERS/Phil Noble]

Liverpool owner John Henry apologised to supporters and to manager Juergen Klopp on Wednesday for the "disruption" caused by the club's involvement in the breakaway European Super League project.

Liverpool were among the six Premier League clubs who signed up for the Super League but withdrew on Tuesday amid a storm of protests from fans, players, managers and governments, alongside threats of bans and sanctions from the game's European and world governing bodies UEFA and FIFA.

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