Liverpool put up for sale – News – Sport – Kommersant

Sports holding Fenway Sports Group plans to sell Liverpool. This is reported The Athletic with reference to the FSG statement.

“FSG is often approached by people who want to become shareholders of Liverpool. FSG has previously stated that, subject to the right conditions, we will consider the issue of new shareholders if it is in the interests of Liverpool as a club, ”the holding said in a statement.

FSG acquired Liverpool in October 2010 from businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks. The main owner of the club is one of the founders of FSG John Henry.

Owned by the holding, Liverpool were able to win the English Premier League for the first time in 30 years, as well as win the sixth Champions League victory in the club’s history under the leadership of German coach Jurgen Klopp.

According to the publication, the owners invested a total of $218 million in the renovation and modernization of Anfield, the team’s home stadium, and also built a new training facility in Kirby for $57.4 million.

April 21, 2021 Mr. Henry apologized to the fans of Liverpool for the fact that the owners of the club became participants in the initiative to create a football Super League. Idea failed due to the dissatisfaction of the fans and the resistance of the football associations.

Last year, FSG sold an 11% stake in Liverpool to RedBird Capital Partners for $750 million and acquired the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL team. The holding also owns the Red Sox baseball team, the NESN television network, half of Roush Fenway Racing and Fenway Sports Management.

This year, the owner of another major club in the Premier League changed – Roman Abramovich sold Chelsea to a consortium of American investor Todd Beley for $4.8 billion. The money from the sale was used for humanitarian purposes, this was one of the conditions from the British authorities to close the deal.

Read more about the prospects of the London team after the change of ownership – in the publication “Kommersant FM” “Roman Abramovich left the field”.

Erdni Kagaltynov