Finance guru: Liverpool takeover value may just have plummeted as ‘status quo totally disrupted’
The takeover value of Liverpool may have just fallen after news that an independent regulator for English football will be introduced in 2023.
That is the view of finance expert Doctor Dan Plumley, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the potentially historic news.
The idea of an independent regulator with the power to safeguard the interest of fans and ensure financial sustainability was proposed in Tracey Crouch MP’s Fan-Led Review of Football Governance in November last year.
Its fate has been up in the air throughout a period of instability both in government and within English football.
But the Daily Mail reported last Saturday (10 December) that the independent regulator will now be introduced by an unspecified date next year.
The news comes just weeks after Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group announced that they were seeking external investment in the club.
With possible changes to the owners’ and directors’ test as well as financial distribution in the English pyramid on the cards after the independent regulator news, Plumley suggests that Liverpool’s takeover value may now have fallen.
“In terms of the current ownership structure, I don’t think Liverpool wanted this,” the Sheffield Hallam University expert told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“That appears to have been the stance since the idea was floated by the Fan-Led Review. I think Premier League clubs in general will be against it and the Big Six will be driving that.
“In terms of a Liverpool takeover, a new owner or investor would want to be aware of this. It is likely to restrict a few things that are embedded, and the status quo is going to be totally disrupted.
“The broadcast distribution will be up for discussion. The owners’ and directors’ test and financial stability regulations will be up for discussion as well.
“Liverpool are in a strong position to deal with all of those things, but depending on your motive as an investor coming in, you would want to be aware of it.
“I don’t think it will detract from investment coming but it could reduce the price someone is willing to pay.“
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