Ian Ayre's journey from Liverpool CEO to running Nashville SC in MLS

Few saw Tennessee as fertile ground for an MLS club but the team has built a loyal fanbase by focusing on authenticity Ian Ayre, Nashville SC's CEO, had never given much thought to working in the US, let alone Tennessee. In fact, after his 2017 departure from the same role at Liverpool, he wasn't really thinking about soccer very much at all: a decade at his boyhood club had proved as grueling as it was exhilarating. A visit to Nashville and a meeting with the club's owners changed his mind. Bac...