A report shares the likelihood of FSG selling Liverpool in early 2023. News broke on Monday that they intend to sell the club.
This comes from the BBC. Kieran Maguire, a football finance lecturer at the University of Liverpool, discussed the issues that face FSG as they look to sell Liverpool.
“It will probably mainly be American investors looking at the club,” he says. “The pound is weak at present, which makes that deal even more attractive, if those investors are coming from overseas.”
Intriguingly, Maguire also shares the percentage chance of FSG getting a deal through before the end of the season. He puts that at around 60 per cent.
FSG selling Liverpool in early 2023
Deals worth billions don’t typically go quickly or smoothly. It’s important to see what Maguire is saying here, then – it is more likely than not that FSG sell Liverpool this season.
Honestly, that’s not what we thought he’d say. We imagined this deal could drag well into 2023 and next season. We’re talking £4bn figures, after all, and a likely host of potential buyers.
It’s certainly in Liverpool’s interest to get any deal done this season, though. FSG – if they are looking to sell – won’t invest too heavily in transfers, we imagine, if they’re letting go of the club.
Gary Neville made a good point, too, that Liverpool likely have an inflated value right now after Chelsea’s sale. That value won’t stick around forever and selling quickly makes the most sense.
So maybe early 2023 really is possible, then. The only obvious thing here is that Liverpool’s future is very unclear right now. Will FSG find the right sale? And who to? Someone wanting to sit on the club for profit? Maybe a soulless sport-washing exercise? Maybe the perfect owners come in?
No one really knows and the next few months will be interesting to say the least.
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