Kieran Maguire: Liverpool handed takeover boost after £3.4billion reveal from Paris
News that the owners of Paris Saint-Germain are open to investment and value the club at £3.4billion is good news for Liverpool and their hopes of securing a takeover.
That is the view of finance guru Kieran Maguire, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about Fenway Sports Group’s efforts to sell the Merseysiders.
PSG are owned by Qatar Sports Investments, one arm of the Qatar state’s sovereign wealth fund.
As relayed by The Mirror on Monday (21 November), PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi revealed that QSI would be open to selling a minority stake in the club which he believes is now worth over £3.4bn.
A number of investors and groups have been linked with a Liverpool takeover, including private companies from Qatar.
Maguire claims that Al-Khelaifi’s valuation of PSG will help validate Liverpool’s own asking price.
“It does look like it will be a minority investment in PSG,” he told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“A slice of PSG being for sale, similar to what we have seen with Man City and Silver Lake, does indicate that the owners are cashing in as far as the growth of football in recent years is concerned.
“It looks like they are trying to recoup some of the costs of running those football clubs in recent years. For Sheikh Mansour at City and Qatar at PSG, it has been an expensive dalliance.
“In respect of Liverpool, having more clubs up for sale at high values can only help in the sense that it justifies the asking price that has been set by FSG for Liverpool.
“You could argue that they are a bigger global brand than PSG and they certainly play in a more competitive and lucrative domestic league.”
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