FSG told the game is over at Liverpool after Sky’s takeover update – pundit
Kevin Campbell has suggested Fenway Sports Group’s ownership of Liverpool has run its course.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the former Premier League striker said now may be the right time for the current owners to be replaced by someone who can move the club forward.
On Monday (7 November), it was reported that FSG would begin listening to offers for the Merseyside club.
As relayed by Sky Sports (8 November), the group insisted it will only accept new shareholders if it is in the best interest of the club.
The group bought Liverpool in 2010 for £300million and a Liverpool source told Football Insider on Thursday that the club will listen to offers ten times that sum at around £3billion.
Campbell has backed the club to find a suitable new owner.
“For any owners, sometimes they have a shelf life,” he told Football Insider.
“It is not as if the benefactor has been a big Liverpool fan all their life, you could see that they wouldn’t be there 20 or 30 years.
“Theses guys have come in, they have backed the manager, done the right thing and backed the football club. The club has been successful in their tenure and maybe it is the right time to exit.
“They make a profit but most importantly the club gets the ownership and investment it needs to push the club forward. That is the key as well. If everybody is happy, it is a business transaction well done.“
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