Finance guru claims ‘FSG are very keen’ as Liverpool transfer development revealed
Liverpool shareholders RedBird are laying the foundations for an influx of top young talent from Europe to Anfield.
That is according to finance guru and Football Insider columnist Kieran Maguire, speaking exclusively after RedBird purchased 600 shares in Spanish Liga Segunda side Malaga.
The private investment firm also completed an 85 per cent takeover of French Ligue 2 side Toulouse last summer.
RedBird bought an 11 per cent stake in Liverpool ownership group FSG in March for £533m.
Maguire claimed that the RedBird’s expanding football empire could prove invaluable to Liverpool as a European recruitment source.
He told Football Insider correspondent Adam Williams: “I think the positives are that Liverpool have seen how the City Football Group model has worked successfully.
“They have then said ‘let’s have some of that,’ especially in a post-Brexit environment.
“It is more challenging to get players coming across from the EU nowadays, particularly if those players are younger.
“So by having a relationship with clubs in Europe, it’s a way of communicating a common approach to training and style. That can pave the way for later transfers.
“Chelsea’s arrangement with Vitesse has worked really well. Liverpool clearly want to replicate that.
“FSG are very keen for them to have this successful model going forwards.”
Maguire recently told Football Insider how the multi-club model can help teams pool their resources in terms of player recruitment.
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