Luis Díaz would have a billionaire as boss who would pay more than 4,000 million pounds for Liverpool

Last Monday, November 7, it was confirmed that the Liverpool It was put up for sale by the investment fund Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which also owns the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States.

The owners of the squad in which the Colombian player acts louis diaz they contracted the services of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley who were in charge of managing the process of selling Liverpool. According to information from the American newspaper Boston Globelos Reds they are valued at more than 3.6 billion pounds sterling, a figure much higher than the 300 million that the FSG paid in 2010.

In the Old continent There is already talk of a billionaire interested in making an offer for Liverpool. The English Jim Ratcliffe, recognized for venturing into the world of the chemical industry, would be willing to pay more than 4,000 million pounds for the set of Merseyside.

The fortune of the 70-year-old British tycoon amounts to 15 billion pounds sterling. In addition, Ratcliffe is the founder of the INEOS company, which is also linked to cycling with the sponsorship of the INEOS Grenadiers squad, of which the Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal is part.

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Liverpool would not be Jim Ratcliffe’s first football team, given that he also owns Nice in France’s Ligue 1 and Lausanne Sport, which competes in Swiss football.

Since the FSG bought Liverpool, the Reds they managed to win their first Premier League in the 2019-20 season under the technical direction of German coach Jurgen Klopp. They also won a Champions League, as well as an FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.

Similarly, Anfield Road, which is home to Liverpool, has had an investment of over £110m in a new main stand, and another area of ​​the stadium is currently being rebuilt at a cost of £80m. which will be completed next year and will leave the sports arena with a capacity of around 61,000 spectators.

Although the investment fund, owner of the Reds has been praised for the management it has given to the institution, it has also been the target of criticism, as happened in 2019, when they tried to register the name “Liverpool”, a request that was denied by the Intellectual Property Office given the geographical importance that has the name.

It should be remembered that Liverpool was one of the driving teams of the European Super League in 2021, from which it had to withdraw after protests from fans who received an apology from John W Henry, president of the club.

On the other hand, those led by Jürgen Klopp met their fate in the round of 16 of the Champions League, in which the last final of the competition will be reissued against Real Madrid, who is the new European champion.

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