Sir Martin Broughton has laid out FSG’s likely thought process after putting the club up for sale, suggesting that the Americans continue to gauge the market’s reaction.
The Merseysiders are said to be continuing talks with Qatar-based entity QIA, according to Alex Miller, while a number of options are considered.
“I wonder if they’re going to [United and Liverpool] get the kind of prices that floated,” the former Reds chairman told The Telegraph.
“The best thing for Liverpool to do is accept co-investors to ensure that the current owners can work with them and are satisfied that they are the right people.
“As I understand it, they [FSG] they are interested in seeing what the market reaction is. They could be willing sellers. They might be willing to have investors, but if they continue to own it, that’s fine too. That is my understanding of your position.
At the current time, it’s unclear exactly what direction Fenway as a whole would like to take with regard to a possible sale due to rumors of disagreement within the organization.
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We would be far from being opposed to the possibility of inviting another co-investor to the club if it is considered to be in the long-term interest of the club.
Ultimately, it would have to be a party capable of injecting funds into the club beyond a short-term period, unless we are prepared to complicate a full takeover in the future if the challenge of keeping up with less challenged sides financially from the Premier League proves to be second to none.
Similarly, we would be seriously concerned if talks with QIA went further given the group’s clear links to the state of Qatar, which remains a hotbed of human rights violations.
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