Rather than have the club's manager oversee player recruitment, Fenway put the data-focused Damien Comolli in charge of personnel.
Perhaps not coincidentally, Liverpool director of football strategy Damien Comolli, the club's transfer guru, was let go last week.
"He is a player I know well and I believe he is an excellent signing for us, " said Comolli.
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"It's a really big shock, " Damien Comolli, former Director of Football at AS Monaco, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham told CNN.
Levy made it clear the departure of sporting director Comolli signalled a return to a "more traditional style of football management".
Tottenham also axed sporting director Damien Comolli and first-team coaches Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez following their worst start to a season.
In 2004 he was brought to St Etienne by Spurs sporting director Damien Comolli, who was then working for the French club.
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" But while addressing Liverpool fans in a question-and-answer session, Liverpool chairman Tom Werner conceded that Comolli "was probably not the right person to implement that strategy.
Henry, whose New England Sports Venture group completed their takeover of the club in October, was sampling his first Anfield experience along with newly-appointed director of football strategy Damien Comolli.
Comolli, who was appointed by club co-owners John W Henry and Werner following their takeover of the club in September 2010, leaves the club after failing to deliver their controversial vision for transfers.
Carroll's pricey signing wasn't Comolli's only questionable move.
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