“I am aware that there were many debates and statements about the LFC (Liverpool FC), but I stick to the facts: we only formalized an ongoing process,” he said. john henrypresident of the Fenway Sports Groupthe company that controls the Liverpoolin it boston sports journal.
“Are we going to stay in England forever? No. Are we selling Liverpool? No. Are we talking to investors about the LFC? Yes. Is something going to happen? I think so, but it won’t be a sale,” Henry continued.
Fenway Sports Group (FSG), whose main shareholder is John Henry, is Liverpool owner since 2010.
Last November, FSG seemed to open the door to a Reds sale Through a statement in which he acknowledged having “often received signals of interest from third parties who wish to become shareholders of Liverpool (…) FSG has previously said that if the appropriate terms and conditions were presented, we would consider new shareholders“added the text.
In addition to Liverpool, FSG, of which the Los Angeles Lakers star is a shareholder Lebron Jamesowns the Boston Red Sox baseball team and the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey franchise.
FSG disbursed €340 million for Liverpool, back then on the brink of bankruptcy. According to the last classification of the economic magazine Forbesthe club with six Champions League titles to its credit is currently valued at $4.45 billion.
The English Premier League, billed as the most followed and most profitable championship in the world, arouses enormous interest from investors around the world: only four of the twenty elite teams have British owners.
Liverpool, which hosts Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday, is currently eighth in the Premier.
The entrance Liverpool is not for sale, says its owner was first published on newspaper TODAY.
