£1BN BID TALKS TO BUY CLUB
LIVERPOOL’S American owners have slapped a stunning £1billion price tag on the club after preliminary buy-out talks.
Sunday Mirror Sport can reveal that leading financier Amanda Staveley, who has strong links to billionaires in the Middle East, made initial soundings about the club’s availibility on Sunday. Staveley, who runs PCP Capital
Partners, a fund with global assets of more than £28billion was at the 1-1 draw between Newcastle and Liverpool on a factfinding mission – and has made previous moves to acquire the Mersey giants.
The 44-year-old was involved with Dubai investors in takeover attempts in 2007 which were ultimately aborted, and last year her firm made a joint offer for a share of the club with Chinese company Everbright Limited – but it was rejected by the Reds’ current owners, the Fenway Sports Group, who bought the club for £330m seven years ago.
And Staveley was instrumental in Sheikh Mansour’s purchase of Manchester City in 2008.