Friday 27 October 2017 11:49, UK
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner insists there is no truth in the rumours that Fenway Sports Group (FSG) rejected a £1.5billion offer to buy the club from a consortium led by Amanda Staveley.
Reports originating in the Middle East claim rumoured Liverpool fan Staveley and her PCP Capital Partners Group were involved in negotiations with FSG for over a year before Reds chiefs pulled out of a potential deal.
Dubai based newspaper The National reported PCP Capital Partners offered FSG an initial £1.2billion in cash for Liverpool potentially rising to £1.5billion dependent on the club's performances in the Champions League.
However, Werner insists there is no truth in the reports and that FSG have no intention of selling their stake in the Reds.
"We have better things to do than batting down rumours about negotiations with Ms Staveley," Werner told the Liverpool Echo. "However, there's no truth to them."
Staveley and PCP Capital Partners have also been consistently linked with a potential takeover of Newcastle United, with current owner Mike Ashley keen to sell the club.
Ashley is rumoured to want around £400m for Newcastle, according to sources in the north east, and the 53-year-old's lawyer Andrew Henderson confirmed an approach had been made for the club in a statement earlier this month.
The statement read: "A number of additional parties have come forward which we believe to be credible. We are also continuing to engage with a number of parties with whom we had entered into negotiations prior to Monday's announcement."
