Liverpool Football Club are reportedly up for sale, and this represents an incredibly unique investment opportunity for any multi-billionaire investment groups out there.
There have been a number of rumours surrounding potential bidders from Conor McGregor to Dubai’s sovereign wealth fund.
However, there is a presiding view that Liverpool’s next owners will be Americans, and there’s one group that haven’t yet been mention that could certainly enter this race.
We’re talking about LAMF.
The American group have been in the market for a Premier League club for quite some time now, and they even have Keith Harris – an English football takeover expert, on board as a special adviser.
Duncan Castles summed up the group’s aims and intentions well on the Transfer Window Podcast earlier this year.
“Los Angeles-based NASDAQ listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company, a SPAC, called LAMF Global Ventures. They were floated on the NASDAQ stock market in November, raised over $250m in their initial public offering. It was an offering that was oversubscribed, so they’re confident they can raise substantial funds on top of that,” Castles said.
“It’s an interesting group of people behind them, the chairman Jeffery Soros is the nephew of billionaire George Soros, and they’re also using Keith Harris as a special advisor on football who has been involved in more takeovers of English football clubs that anyone else in the financial world.
“They want, I’m told, to buy an elite European club, preferably in the Premier League, ideally one of the big six.”
LAMF have already had a £3bn bid knocked back from Tottenham Hotspur, but now, with Liverpool on the market, they have their chance to buy a big-six club.
To be honest, this may be LAMF’s one and only chance to own a club of this stature.
Todd Boehly has only just bought Chelsea, Abu Dhabi aren’t leaving Manchester City anytime soon, The Glazers have a vice grip on Manchester United, while Spurs have already rejected the LA-based SPAC.
Factor in that LAMF have already looked at buying Everton and a move for the bigger of the two Merseyside clubs makes a lot of sense.
£3bn isn’t too far off of the reported £3.5bn price point that Liverpool are reportedly available for, and with Soros and co reportedly confident that more funds can be raised,a bid could be on the horizon.
This is certainly a group that Liverpool fans should be aware of as takeover rumours continue to swirl.
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