- Rafel Alderson & Mandeeb Sanghera
- BBC Scotland
John Henry with Liverpool coach Joeren Klopp
The owner of Liverpool, Don Henry, said that he does not intend to sell the English club, but expects an investment in it.
Finoy Sport Group, which bought Liverpool in 2010, said in December that it was “considering the possibility of accepting new shareholders in the club”.
The group’s chairman, Tom Werner, said afterward that the owners were “discussing the issue of selling the club”, but that they might continue to “supervise” it for a certain period.
“Are we going to sell Liverpool FC? No,” Henry told Boston Sports.
“Have we talked about accepting new shareholders? Yes. Something will happen in this regard? I think so, but it will not be a sale.”
These were the answers of the American owner in an e-mail dialogue.
The Finoy Group has been open to Liverpool shareholders for years, and recently appointed Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to oversee the operation.
Henry said: “I know there is a lot of talk and statements about Liverpool, but I am only talking about the facts, which is that we officially announced a process that has been underway for some time.”
His comments were published before the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the first match of the Champions League scheduled for Tuesday at Anfield.
The red team is playing this match, and it is in eighth place in the English Premier League, after winning its last two matches.
ACG Group has bought Liverpool in a £300m deal, following the controversial ownership of previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
American basketball star LeBron James has owned a 2 percent stake in Liverpool since 2011, at a cost of 4.7 million pounds.
He has since become a shareholder in FCG, which also owns the Boston Red Sox basketball club.
In March 2021, investment group Red Bird bought a stake in FCG for $735 million.