LIVERPOOL: Liverpool owner John Henry has denied the English giants are for sale despite seeking new investment in the club.
at Henry’s Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said in November that it would “consider new shareholders if it was in the best interest of Liverpool as a club”.
It sparked speculation that the 19-time English champions were in the market alongside rivals Manchester United.
“I know there’s been a lot of talk and quotes about the LFC (Liverpool Football Club), but I’m sticking to the facts,” Henry told the Boston Sports Journal in an interview posted online Monday.
“We have simply formalized an ongoing process. Will we be in England for all time? No. Do we sell LFC? No. Do we talk about LFC with investors? Yes.
“Is something going to happen there? I believe so, but it won’t be a sale. Have we sold anything in the last 20 years?”
FSG – which also owns baseball giants the Boston Red Sox – paid £300m ($361m) for Liverpool 13 years ago after fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett left the club at the edge of the administration.
Under their ownership, Liverpool have been restored to the top of the English and European game – winning the 2019 Champions League and lifting the club’s first premier league crown for 30 years in 2020.
Forbes now values Liverpool at around $4.45 billion.
However, FSG have been criticized by fans for their lack of investment in new players this season.
Liverpool sit eighth in the Premier League, 19 points behind leaders Arsenal, and are already absent from both domestic cup competitions.
Despite this decline in form, manager Jurgen Klopp has publicly backed the club’s owners.
“We are in a good position here. I know it sounds strange because we haven’t played our best football but in general we are in good hands,” Klopp said last month.
“So we’re not going crazy or anything. We really know the responsibility we have and we’re really trying absolutely everything to try and get back on track and not worry too much.”
Manchester United are set to fetch a world record price for a football club if the sale of the Red Devils is completed in the coming months.
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani have publicly revealed their interest in United with offers expected to reach around $6 billion.
Chelsea currently hold the record football club sale after a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly and private equity group Clearlake Capital won a bidding war by paying 2.5 billion pounds for the Blues in May.
at Henry’s Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said in November that it would “consider new shareholders if it was in the best interest of Liverpool as a club”.
It sparked speculation that the 19-time English champions were in the market alongside rivals Manchester United.
“I know there’s been a lot of talk and quotes about the LFC (Liverpool Football Club), but I’m sticking to the facts,” Henry told the Boston Sports Journal in an interview posted online Monday.
“We have simply formalized an ongoing process. Will we be in England for all time? No. Do we sell LFC? No. Do we talk about LFC with investors? Yes.
“Is something going to happen there? I believe so, but it won’t be a sale. Have we sold anything in the last 20 years?”
FSG – which also owns baseball giants the Boston Red Sox – paid £300m ($361m) for Liverpool 13 years ago after fellow Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett left the club at the edge of the administration.
Under their ownership, Liverpool have been restored to the top of the English and European game – winning the 2019 Champions League and lifting the club’s first premier league crown for 30 years in 2020.
Forbes now values Liverpool at around $4.45 billion.
However, FSG have been criticized by fans for their lack of investment in new players this season.
Liverpool sit eighth in the Premier League, 19 points behind leaders Arsenal, and are already absent from both domestic cup competitions.
Despite this decline in form, manager Jurgen Klopp has publicly backed the club’s owners.
“We are in a good position here. I know it sounds strange because we haven’t played our best football but in general we are in good hands,” Klopp said last month.
“So we’re not going crazy or anything. We really know the responsibility we have and we’re really trying absolutely everything to try and get back on track and not worry too much.”
Manchester United are set to fetch a world record price for a football club if the sale of the Red Devils is completed in the coming months.
British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani have publicly revealed their interest in United with offers expected to reach around $6 billion.
Chelsea currently hold the record football club sale after a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly and private equity group Clearlake Capital won a bidding war by paying 2.5 billion pounds for the Blues in May.
