So, Liverpool are officially on the market as Fenway Sports Group (FSG) put the Reds up for sale.
According to The Athletic, a full sales presentation has been produced for interested parties, with John Henry, Mike Gordon and Tom Werner inviting offers – Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are assisting in the sale.
Interestingly, Arabian Business believe Dubai investors are eyeing a second bid for Liverpool, after failing with an offer back in 2007 worth $360m (£314m).
In light of that news, we believe Liverpool may have hinted at talks with potential buyers with an official club announcement earlier this year.
Liverpool hint at Dubai talks
Well, Liverpool announced that they would be travelling to Dubai for a warm weather training camp later this month when the World Cup starts.
The likes of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Andy Robertson and Luis Diaz will fly out with Jürgen Klopp to maintain fitness during the break, to ensure they are fit and firing when domestic football returns on Boxing Day.
However, the location is certainly interesting given talk of Dubai investors planning to bid.
In our view, it certainly isn’t out of the equation that Liverpool will hold talks with these investors later this month.
The Reds are usually stealthy operators when it comes to media outlets knowing their business.
Quite often, a player has already undergone their medical and is hours away from being announced when stories first leak of Liverpool being interested, such as the £41m deal for Diogo Jota in 2020.
Therefore, we believe FSG are closer to selling Liverpool than many might think, seeing as they have now gone public with their intentions.
Liverpool are popular among investors
In our view, FSG will have no problem selling Liverpool – the Reds are in a fantastic position, both competitively as well as financially, and represent an attractive investment.
Arabian Business add that investors from the Middle East saw a £3bn bid rejected by FSG in 2021.
Conrad Wiacek – Head of Sport Analysis at GlobalData – believes Liverpool could now be sold for more than $5bn (£4.4bn) as a result of their rise under FSG.
That would slightly exceed the £4.3bn Todd Boehly spent on Chelsea earlier this year.
With Liverpool heading for Dubai in a matter of weeks, we certainly wouldn’t be surprised to see some significant developments occur in this situation.
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