"Spirit of Shankly reiterates its stance that the position of manager at Liverpool Football Club should be supported with all of the resources at the club's disposal.
"However, events of last Friday and the subsequent 'open letter' from the club's principal owner, John W Henry, indicate that almost two years into FSG's ownership of the club this is not yet the case.
"As pointed out by the union in May, there remains no ownership presence on this side of the Atlantic. It is our opinion that this situation has led directly to the 'mistakes' alluded to in Mr Henry's open letter.
"Should the club's absentee owners not wish to establish a full-time base in Liverpool, it remains imperative that they appoint a chief executive of a calibre commensurate with the club's global status, to act with the full authority of the owners in their absence.
"Without this chief executive, it is far from sufficient for a club of Liverpool's stature to have a part-time chairman (Tom Werner), based on another continent, with various other interests, and from whom little or nothing of consequence is seen or heard."