Billy Hogan tells James Pearce how the “sleeping giant” has been awoken.

The Liverpool Echo’s, James Pearce newest exclusive has shed some light on how Liverpool’s MD Billy Hogan believes the “sleeping giant” has been awoken.

The Liverpool FC reporter describes in his most recent piece, how ‘exhilarating progress on the field for Liverpool has been matched by the strides taken off it during Fenway Sports Group’s reign’.

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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Sunday, August 26, 2012: Liverpool’s Managing Director Billy Hogan during the Premiership match against Manchester City at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

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Speaking to the ECHO and James Pearce, Hogan said: “It’s very different six years on. We have moved the club forward quite a bit in that time. Clearly, from a commercial standpoint, which has been my area of responsibility, that’s grown significantly.

“But more importantly and I think what everyone is most proud of is the strategy we’ve had since FSG took ownership – how we built the club in a sustainable way over the long-term to be successful on the pitch. That’s ultimately what this is all about – everyone here wants to win.

“I think we’re starting to see the delivery of that strategy now in terms of the reinvestment on the pitch and the success we’re seeing. We’ve also invested heavily off the pitch with the Main Stand, the new superstore at Anfield and the new training ground which is just about to start.

“Across the whole team of staff off the pitch there’s a huge desire to return the club to where we believe it belongs at the top of world football. We can’t do that by kicking a ball but we can do that by helping to drive the business forward.

“This is about making our fans proud of the club. Sitting here today, the club is in a tremendously positive place. The football is terrific, the team is playing great and we’re all excited about the future.

“If you go back to when FSG first started looking at Liverpool as an opportunity, people were referring to the club as a sleeping giant. I think that’s something that’s been proven to be true.”

The Managing Director goes on to talk partnerships’ the club has built and how he, originally from the United States, ended up in the UK with Liverpool.

The full article can be read here. 

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