Kieran Maguire: Liverpool to jump Uefa hurdles as £1bn takeover complete
Liverpool will continue to operate independently of AC Milan despite the fact they now partially fall under the same ownership umbrella.
That is the view of finance guru Kieran Maguire, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about Red Bird Capital’s successful takeover of the Italian giants.
United States-based private equity giants Red Bird announced on 31 August that they had acquired control of the seven-time European champions for £1billion.
Red Bird own 11 per cent of Fenway Sports Group, the Boston investment firm that has been in charge of Liverpool since 2010.
Uefa’s conflict-of-interest rules dictate that clubs competing in the same continental competitions must not be controlled by the same owners.
But Maguire is confident that, save for some potential collaboration in the data department, Liverpool and Milan will continue to plough their own furrows and pass any Uefa checks.
“The Red Bird Capital acquisition is likely to be significantly independent of any relationship between that club and Liverpool,” he told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“The reason for that is that Red Bird will not want to fall foul of any Uefa-related issues. Therefore, they will be working on the two clubs to be independently successful of one another.
“It could be, however, that if they have some sort of central data collection source, that information could be shared.
“But the individual requirements of each club are likely to be such that they aren’t pursuing the same players.
“So, I think it will be very marginal in terms of any strategic cooperation between the two clubs.”
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