I guess what I'm angling at is *could* Rogers have perhaps given permission 'informally', without reference to his fellow board members?
*If* that happened, then both the Liverpool 'ITK' chap and Southampton Football Club could both be 'correct'....
Liverpool ITK chap: "We got written permission" (albeit in an informal email from a board member, for example)
Southampton FC: "We never gave written permission" ("we", as in, via the club's official channel)
I know that all sounds implausible, and is no doubt nonsense, but it's the only way I can get the pieces of the jigsaw to vaguely fit together.