Liverpool’s homeowners, Fenway Sports Group, have held talks with consortiums from Saudi Arabia and Qatar over the potential sale of the membership in a £3bn deal.
It emerged earlier this month that FSG had been contemplating placing the membership up on the market, having taken over themselves in 2010.
The Mail on Sunday now claims leaders of consortiums from the 2 Gulf states have made contact with FSG director Mike Gordon to register their official curiosity in buying the Reds.
It is believed each consortiums are personal entities, not state-owned, however hold shut ties to the ruling households of Qatar and Saudi Arabia respectively.
The news comes within the wake of the announcement that Manchester United are additionally being floated for a potential sale by their homeowners, the Glazers.
The sale of each golf equipment to Middle Eastern consortiums has the potential to offer them with the spending energy to match Manchester City and the newly rich Newcastle United and will utterly reshape the highest of the English soccer pyramid.
Saudi Arabia’s sports activities minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal not too long ago inspired takeover bids for each Liverpool and Manchester United.
He stated: “From the private sector, I can’t speak on their behalf, but there is a lot of interest and appetite and there’s a lot of passion about football.
“We will certainly help it if any [Saudi] personal sector is available in, as a result of we all know that is going to replicate positively on sports activities throughout the kingdom.”
Liverpool are also believed to be in talks with a US buyer, while Manchester United have been linked with bids from Apple and Britain’s wealthiest man, Jim Ratcliffe.
