Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are open to offers for the Reds.
In charge since 2010, FSG have been searching for minority investment in Liverpool for more than a year and have now, as first reported by the Athletic, tasked the two banks that were seeking those investors, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, to entertain bids from anyone wanting to make an offer.
Liverpool won't come cheap, of course. According to Forbes magazine's most recent valuation for the football club it stands at around £3.6bn, with suggestions that FSG would seek a fee of above £3bn and above not likely wide of the mark given the trends surrounding sports team valuations across the globe at present.