Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are looking to sell up – but the reported sale to Qatari investors might not be as straightforward as first expected
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Liverpool may not be taken over by Qatari investors after all – with American groups investing in the club still a possibility.
It's been widely reported that the Reds' ownership group, Fenway Sports Group are in talks with a Qatar-based group, Qatar Investment Authority, over the sale of the club. FSG have apparently cited Todd Boehly's purchase of Chelsea and the collapse of the Super League as reasons to float the sale now.
But though QIA remain the most likely option for a takeover, it isn't the only option for Liverpool.
Liverpool owner John W. Henry and his wife Linda Pizzuti Henry meet with Jurgen Klopp ahead of 2022's Champions League final against Real Madrid (Image credit: Michael Regan - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
“With an EPL club, you own a team in the best and most watched football league in the world’s favourite sport,” Horowitz told sports business website Sportico. “It is the attraction for American investors and those from every corner of the globe.”
Finance journalist and an editor for The Mail on Sunday, Alex Miller, however, says that there have been concrete talks between the Qatar group and Liverpool – but that QIA aren't solely interested in Liverpool as a club to invest into.
“Mergers and acquisition people I am talking to, have confirmed there is definite interest (and talks) between QIA and LFC,” he said. “Don’t forget QIA are potentially interested in 'all big UK clubs'. Different sources with different info. It happens.”
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Liverpool aren't the only club that Qatari-based QIA are interested in (Image credit: Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images)
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