BOSTON (AP) — None of the Boston Red Sox players in a series of meetings with the team’s top brass called for manager Bobby Valentine to be replaced, owner John Henry said Wednesday.

Henry issued a statement one day after Yahoo! Sports reported that several players met with him and team president Larry Lucchino in New York on July 27 to complain about Valentine’s handling of the team. Chairman Tom Werner was also at the meeting.

Henry said he called the meeting, and it “quickly went to the point — what do we need to do to turn things around?”

“No one in that meeting at any time took the position that Bobby should be or needed to be replaced,” Henry wrote.

Henry said players took responsibility for the team’s performance; the Red Sox were 57-60, 12.5 games out of first place in the AL East, heading into Wednesday night’s game in Baltimore against the Orioles.

“They weren’t blaming injuries or anyone but themselves,” Henry wrote. “At the same time they openly spoke about what could improve in addition to their play. They made substantive points. We addressed those points.”

Valentine also declined to point fingers.

“Personally, I think we’re in it together,” he said. “I think we’re going to get hot.”

Henry said he called a similar meeting “about this time eight years ago,” a reference to the 2004 season in which the Red Sox won the World Series for first time in 86 years. This time, the meeting was divided up into three parts, Henry said, “separating groups so as to have frank discussions about what was wrong.”

Henry also complained in his statement about the details of the meeting going public.

“I understand that when the team isn’t playing up to our standards that issues are going to be sensationalized,” he wrote. “But what is important for Red Sox fans to know is that ownership, players and all staff especially Bobby Valentine are determined to turn around.”