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Liverpool takeover: Man City owner’s COUSIN failed in £2bn purchase of Anfield club

LIVERPOOL rejected a £2BILLION takeover bid from a cousin on Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour, it has been claimed.

A branch of the Qatari royal family that owns Man City were interested in a deal.

Liverpool’s current owners FSG are said to have been approached by Sheik Khaled TWICE within the past 12 months.

The Daily Mail claim the Anfield club’s owners heard from Sheik Khaled in late 2017 and then again in early 2018.

He made a £2bn offer to take full control of Liverpool in what would have been the most expensive takeover in football history.

But Liverpool’s American owners rejected the approach - although they are said to be seeking investment.

The Daily Mail claim a meeting in New York between Reds chairman Tom Werner and official Midhat Kidwai was set up.

The report says a joint venture between Sheik Khaled and a minority stake Chinese partner was on the table.

The UAE royal family already own City, while Paris Saint-Germain in controlled by Qatari.

FSG are seeking investment in order for Liverpool to battle financially with the likes of City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, the latter of which was recently bought outright by Stan Kroenke.

The Reds broke the transfer record for a defender in January with the £70m acquisition of Virgil van Dijk, and added Roma goalkeeper Alisson to their ranks in the summer for £68m.

Jurgen Klopp is plotting an assault on the Premier League title after coming up short in the Champions League final last season.

The Daily Mail claim Liverpool closed talks over a sale to the Sheik in January this year.

A club statement read: “FSG have been clear and consistent: the club is not for sale.

“But what the ownership has said, again clearly and consistently, is that under the right terms and conditions we would consider taking on a minority investor, if such a partnership was to further our commercial interests in specific market places and in line with the continued development and growth of the club and the team.”

In October 2017, Werner denied Liverpool had been in talks with a Dubai-based consortium over the sale of the Merseyside club.

Negotiations from PCP Capital Partners were supposedly headed by Amanda Staveley, who tried to lead a buy-out of Newcastle only to clash with owner Mike Ashley over the Toon’s valuation.

PCP were said to have offered £1.2bn for Liverpool, with the deal potentially rising to £1.5bn.

The extra £300m would reportedly depend on Liverpool’s performances in the Champions League.

But Werner denied the talks, telling the Liverpool Echo: “We have better things to do than batting down rumours about negotiations with Ms Staveley.

“However, there's no truth to them.”

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football...led-Anfield-FSG

I remember Staveley was at our game at Newcastle sitting with Margaret Aspinall and a confidant of Rafa's in the Director's Box, OCT 2017. There was a story at the time that PCP had made a bid of 1 Billion the week before. Then I remember early part of this year Werner speaking to The Echo in a very rare, random conversation at the time (with nothing being whispered about any potential LFC takeover) how FSG were in it for the long haul.

In 2016 PCP tried with that Chinese consortium think they were called Everbright? to buy LFC.

I know folks think Staveley being at a Newcastle game was to do with the talks with Ashley for Newcastle but from what I read/heard the pursuit of Newcastle was dead in the water by then because Ashley was way off the mark with his valuation.

Seems Amanda Staveley is nothing but persistent in her pursuit of us...she's been trying now for over a decade!

meh, might be city's owner's cousin but its quite clear however, that he isnt anywhere near as rich as him. So to infer it will be the same sort of sugar daddy arrangement City have benefited from is a little wide of the mark. It isnt even clear whether he's any wealthier than what we already have or even willing to invest as much. I'd be asking more than 2 billion also. Arsenal was sold for 1.8 billion, we're liverpool, we've just made very expensive acquisitions in vvd and becker, we've just been to a CL final, we bring in the most TV revenue because we have a habit for drama, our stadium is in the process of being fully renovated. All of this should increase our market value.

We're worth as much as someone is willing to pay for us.

It all depends why you are buying the club. For example the Galzers did a leveraged take over, thus they spent nothing but got a club that had enough money to pay itself. This is why other clubs have been spending more than them despite being the most valuable team in the world.

I believe any other Owners of Liverpool would have looked to relocate the stadium. I'm quite envious that Everton are going to be on the waterfront because there is so much potential being there for Tourism and Industry. We could have built a magnificent stadium, hotel and facilities...even a museum in a picturesque setting and with Brexit there is huge potential for the docks.

Spangles!!!!!!!!!!

hook, line and sinker!

The good news with this story is FSG are either looking to sell up or get new partners

They've been looking for investment for ages and after what they've been spending (or rather what LFC have been spending), I'm not sure many others would match that.