Is Premier League Club Liverpool FC up For Sale? Owner John Henry Clarifies

Liverpool proprietor John Henry has denied the English giants are up on the market regardless of looking for recent funding within the membership.

Henry’s Fenway Sports Group (FSG) mentioned in November it will “take into account new shareholders if it was in the most effective pursuits of Liverpool as a membership.”

That sparked speculation that the 19-time English champions were on the market alongside rivals Manchester United.

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“I know there has been a lot of conversation and quotes about LFC (Liverpool Football Club), but I keep to the facts,” Henry informed the Boston Sports Journal in an interview revealed on-line Monday.

“We merely formalized an ongoing course of. Will we be in England without end? No. Are we promoting LFC? No. Are we speaking with buyers about LFC? Yes.

“Will one thing occur there? I consider so, but it surely gained’t be a sale. Have we offered something previously 20-plus years?”

FSG — who also own baseball giants the Boston Red Sox — paid £300 million ($361 million) for Liverpool 13 years ago, after fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett left the club on the brink of administration.

Under their ownership, Liverpool have been restored to the top of the English and European game — winning the 2019 Champions League and lifting the club’s first Premier League crown for 30 years in 2020.

Forbes now values Liverpool at around $4.45 billion.

However, FSG have been criticised by fans for a lack of investment in new players this season.

Liverpool sit eighth in the Premier League, 19 points adrift of leaders Arsenal, and are already out of both domestic cup competitions.

Despite that slump in form, manager Jurgen Klopp has publicly backed the club’s owners.

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“We are here in a good position. I know that sounds strange because we didn’t play our best football but in general we are in good hands,” mentioned Klopp final month.

“So we don’t get loopy or no matter. We actually know in regards to the accountability we’ve got and we actually strive completely all the pieces to attempt to deliver us again on monitor and never fear an excessive amount of.”

Manchester United are expected to fetch a world record price for a football club should a sale of the Red Devils be completed in the coming months.

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani have publicly revealed their interest in United with bids expected to reach around $6 billion.

Chelsea currently hold the record sale for a football club after a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly and private equity group Clearlake Capital won a bidding war by paying £2.5 billion for the Blues in May.

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