As part of its assessment of various options for investment in Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group is considering selling the club outright. The club has been owned by its current owners since 2010, but they are reportedly considering their options in light of the Super League fallout and growing financial rift at the top of the Premier League. Man City and Newcastle are state-funded, which has been...
Despite the company’s eye on an exit strategy at Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group remains committed to both the club’s on-field progress and its off-field success. Liverpool’s revenues have risen significantly since FSG acquired the club when turnover stood at £184m at the end of the 2010/11 accounting period. Through a combination of greater commercial deals and hugely increased...
After 12 years in charge, the Merseysiders are on the market, or at least their owners FSG feel the club is ready for substantial investment. Boston-based majority shareholder, John W Henry, is looking for a sizeable return on his group’s initial £300m investment in October 2010. Under their leadership, Liverpool has enjoyed one of the most successful periods in its history. Indeed, they have...
In the wake of Fenway Sports Group’s offer to purchase Liverpool, several parties may become involved, regardless of which party is currently the leading candidate. Earlier last year, FSG teamed up with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to seek investment, with the aim of a full-blown sale following 12 years at Anfield. From fellow Americans to sovereign wealth funds to foreign billionaires...
According to Saudi Arabia’s sports minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, his government would support private bids from Saudi Arabia for Manchester United and Liverpool. Despite the Saudi Public Investment Fund’s backing for Newcastle United last winter, Prince Abdulaziz said private businesses in his country are keen on the most successful English clubs, with both...
Hello and welcome to the Liverpool ECHO’s Friday live blog for all your very latest Liverpool news, rumours and transfer gossip. We will be providing you with the latest on reports that Fenway Sports Group have “put Liverpool up for sale”, which first began to circulate last Monday after a report from The Athletic said two major US banks in Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had...
According to The Mirror, Mukesh Ambani is interested in buying Liverpool FC, which may lead to an Indian takeover. A report said Ambani would have to fend off interest from the Middle East and the United States to acquire the famous English football team, Liverpool. There is a strong interest in buying the Merseyside club outright, with potential buyers reportedly looking to sell for £ 4 billion...
Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders says Fenway Sports Group is acting in the club’s best interests by searching for new investors, insisting Jürgen Klopp’s team is not distracted by the news. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been directed to attract new investment, the Boston-based firm said Monday. Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie with Derby, Legends...
Goals from the midfield pair of Lia Wälti and Frida Maanum helped take unbeaten Arsenal past Liverpool. This could have been a banana‑skin game for the Gunners, sandwiched between two tricky Champions League group-stage fixtures, the first of which was a trip to the reigning champions, Lyon. Matt Beard’s Liverpool had stunned Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season, with two Katie Stengel...
Jürgen Klopp had never experienced Ibrox before but thought it best, having watched enough Old Firm games down the years, to remind his players that Rangers would be a different proposition with a ferocious support at their backs to the team that walked meekly to defeat at Anfield. And so it proved, at least for 45 minutes, until a reminder of the brilliance of Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino...