In the wake of Liverpool's chastening Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday the Twitter rumour mill went into overdrive.
With Fenway Sports Group open regarding their exploration of a potential sale of the club there have been many potential bidders and interested parties mentioned, from American private equity firms to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. The latter became a hot topic and the source of much social media discourse in recent days with the suggestion that there was serious interest from Qatar and that a deal could be close.
The stance from those the ECHO have spoken to in the US with intimate knowledge of where FSG are currently at with the process maintain that there has, to this point, been no bid for Liverpool Football Club or indeed any real expressions of serious interest that has warranted high level discussion. The narrative around Qatari interest has been driven from social media accounts from Qatar, whose sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, will be making a sports investment play in 2023 as they look to build on the success of the 2022 World Cup that was held in the Gulf nation.
