There can be many rationalisations — the weak pound, the rise of state-owned rivals, monetisation that is the heart of venture capitalism. Yet, most of all, Fenway Sports Group’s decision to put Liverpool on the market confirms what English football feared.
That the Super League was the end game, after all. That when John W Henry and his co-conspirators talked strategy, the only way he could achieve the humungous profit he truly desired was to destroy our game and emerge as one of the victors from the smoking rubble.
Now the Super League has collapsed, Henry has endured all of one full season before putting the For Sale sign up.