The world's most prominent human rights organisation have waded into the potential sale of both Liverpool and Manchester United to state-backed entities.
Both the Reds and United are open to investment and outright sale, although Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are understood to have a preference for a partial sale of their shareholding in the club they have owned since 2010. The Glazer family at United are more keen to expedite a sale, engaging the US investment bank Raine Group to handle the process.
Formal expressions of interest are to be made to Raine by the middle of February for United, while Liverpool have no such time constraints on their own investment search which is being conducted by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley investment banks.
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