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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Andy Dunn

Liverpool owners set £4bn asking price as three reasons behind decision to sell emerge

John W Henry has put Liverpool on the market and will demand a staggering FOUR BILLION POUNDS for the club.

Henry’s Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has hired blue-chip investment companies Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to conduct the sale of Liverpool after buying it for £300million in 2010.

The prospect of a massive profit, the collapse of the European Super League project - in which Henry was a prime mover - and a feeling that it will become harder and harder to compete financially with state-backed clubs have convinced the Liverpool owners that it is time to cash in.

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