Perhaps the reason English fans don't like Americans is because they call the sport they love soccer and not football or perhaps it's because they buy their favorite teams and put them into massive debt.
The latest news out of Anfield where Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett share a majority ownership of Liverpool - the English Premier League team with the richest history in terms of accomplishment - is that the owners must seek a £100 million investment to buy down their their reported £237 million of debt with the Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia - the banks with whom Liverpool currently have a refinancing deal - before their deal is up or face having to sell the club.
Over the weekend as Liverpool celebrated a win over Bolton, 2-0, upon learning the news that their controversial owner Tom Hicks was in attendance, hundred of fans gathered outside the main entrance at Anfield to protest chanting "liar yanks" and "get of our club" for 90 minutes.
To give you an idea as to how hated Hicks and Gillett are, Hicks had to be secretly ushered into his own club's stadium along with a security force.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1247360/Liverpool-fans-protest-owner-Tom-Hicks-surprise-visit.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1247360/Liverpool-fans-protest-owner-Tom-Hicks-surprise-visit.html
Their debt has slowed coach Rafa Benitez's ability to buy players in the transfer market hurting his ability to keep up with the rest of the Big 4 - Manchester United, Chelseas, and Arsenal. And Benitez has more than hinted should the situation stay status quo, at season's end he would most likely leave the club for Italy and Juventus - who have stated flat out they would love to hire the Spaniard. Those two combined aspects have infuriated the fan base, who want Benitez to stay and the Americans to go.
Like Liverpool, in Manchester the United fans are seeing red over their team's soaring debt by the Glazer family - who own the NFL team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - which has topped the $1 billion plateau.
What was once a publicly traded team on the stock market rich in history and trophies, Manchester United are now the Glazer's family own private trophy.
With Manchester rival Man City biting at the heels of United and making it rain with a new influx of cash thanks to new rich oil tycoons United Arab Emirates that would make Adam "Pacman" Jones jealous.
United fans worry the Glazer's debt with hamstring their ability to buy new players and that perhaps, what would be the ultimate slap in the face, City could eventually overtake the New York Yankees version of English football.
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