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Liverpool proprietor John Henry guidelines out sale of the membership

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Liverpool’s American proprietor John Henry has stated there are not any plans to promote the Premier League membership after the Merseyside outfit’s homeowners stated in November they have been exploring a sale.

Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which accomplished a 300 million kilos ($358 million) takeover of the membership in 2010, stated three months in the past that they might discover the choice of bringing in buyers if it was in Liverpool’s “best interest”.

After FSG’s preliminary assertion, Liverpool chairman Tom Werner stated there was no urgency to finish any potential deal.

Henry was quoted by the Boston Sports Journal in an interview printed on Sunday as saying: “I do know there was a number of dialog and quotes about Liverpool, however I preserve to the information: we merely formalized an ongoing course of.

“Will we be in England forever? No. Are we selling Liverpool? No. Are talking with investors about Liverpool? Yes. Will something happen there? I believe so, but it won’t be a sale. Have we sold anything in the past 20 plus years?”

Liverpool’s rivals Manchester United, owned by the American Glazer household, are additionally exploring a sale, with confirmed bids from British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS and Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, a son of Qatar’s former prime minister.