Last weekend it was reported that Liverpool are set to receive a bid from a Saudi-Qatari consortium regarding a potential takeover of the club.
This news is intriguing for a number of reasons. A Saudi-Qatari consortium is likely to be mega-rich, but there are a few question marks surrounding this potential takeover.
Indeed, with Newcastle United also being owned by Saudis, there’s the question of whether or not a Liverpool takeover would represent a conflict of interests, while there is also the rigmarole regarding the same stumbling blocks PIF faced for 18 months when trying to purchase Newcastle.
However, the journalist who broke the Sauid-Qatari bid story, David Lynch, has been speaking to RedMen TV about this situation, and he says that he’s heard that the involved parties are very confident that their bid would withstand any sort of scrutiny and would be passed by the FA.
No FA hurdles
Lynch shared what he knows when asked about the potential Liverpool takeover and Newcastle.
“Exactly, there are issues that causes. You don’t want two clubs being owned by the same people in the same league because of the issues that causes in terms of competitiveness and if one club would let the other go for a certain player or anything like that,” Lynch said.
“The conversations I’ve had, there’s a confidence that this particular bid would withstand scrutiny. The identity of the bidders and the package as a whole, they believe that this bid would withstand scrutiny and would be passed by the FA.”
Encouraging
This is an encouraging update.
Not only does this mean that Liverpool are potentially one step closer to being bought out, it also suggests that the group that are interested in this purchase are reliable.
Indeed, in order to buy a football club you need to pass what is known as the ‘fit and proper persons test’ and if this consortium believe that there are no issues on that front, then they could be stable new owners of the Anfield outfit.
Of course, whether or not this move goes through remains to be seen, but all the noise that is coming out sounds quite positive at the moment.
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