Liverpool FC: "This club is not for sale... we could look at some small investment stake" (T.Werner)

"We've said it before and I'd like to say it again: this club is not for sale. We've said in the past, under the right conditions and absolutely with the right partner, we could look at some small investment stake in the club but only in the framework of doing what would be in the club's long-term best interests," said Tom Werner, president of Liverpool FC (Premier League), on 19/08/2016.

Everbright, a Chinese financial services conglomerate backed by the state government, may be working on a bid for entry into the capital of the English club with PCP Capital Partners, an investment company, according to several British media outlets on 20/08/2016. The amount of the potential offer could be based on a valuation of the club to between £700m and £800m (between €810m and €925m, as of 22/08/2016). In October 2010, Fenway Sports Group, a US investment fund which also owns the Boston Red Sox (MLB), bought the Liverpudlian club for around £300m (€343m at the time).

"I don't think that we could have made a long-term arrangement with Jurgen (Klopp) without an understanding on both sides…