Enterprise tycoon Sir Martin Broughton has mentioned that he would take into account partnering with a bunch of billionaires to make a Liverpool takeover bid.
Talking in an interview with the Liverpool Echo, the previous Reds chairman has acknowledged that he has run the concept of bidding for Liverpool to a few of those that had been part of his Chelsea bid final summer time.
Nonetheless, the draw of London was an enormous promoting level in them bidding for the Blues, so no additional motion for the Merseyside membership happened.
“I didn’t converse to Josh Harris and David Blitzer, as they’ve gone again to Crystal Palace, however I did converse to the opposite individuals in our consortium and Chelsea I spoke to, in case there was an curiosity in changing into a co-investor, to not purchase, however to turn into a co-investor,” Broughton mentioned.
“However they’re already international billionaires with a pad in Knightsbridge or Chelsea or Kensington and so they got here to London pretty commonly and once they got here to London it was to observe Chelsea.
“So they’re all Chelsea followers and never within the 68-year means taking place there to observe them in the best way I’m however that’s their crew and so they take pleasure in taking place there. They had been attracted by the concept of investing in a soccer crew and Chelsea particularly.
“After I approached them about Liverpool – and I didn’t strategy them about Manchester United, I might by no means strategy them about Manchester United – however the consequence would have been the identical. [They would say] ‘nicely I’ve received a pad in London.’ In order that’s not the kind of particular person that’s going to return in actually at Liverpool.
“So I wasn’t eager sufficient to exit and seek for traders, new traders once more. I believe if anyone needed my help in it, I might be prepared to think about it however not actively.”
Liverpool’s seek for traders remains to be ongoing as FSG look to carry extra money into the Merseyside membership. The Reds are planning for a giant summer time of funding and that may seemingly hamper future home windows as they don’t seem to be promoting a giant star to fund it.
The place the cash will come from is unknown at current, however issues will seemingly develop over the following few months.
