Ownership stakes in competing Champions League teams could be permitted as part of changes being explored by UEFA.
Liverpool and Manchester United have been the subject of sale talk in recent months, the former focused instead on partial investment while the latter could soon change hands with interest from both Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the head of Qatar International Bank, and British billionaire and INEOS founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the owner of French side Nice.
Links to the Qatari ownership Paris Saint-Germain, as well as Ratcliffe’s controlling stake, in Nice have been raised during the sale process for United. Current UEFA rules forbid one entity having a controlling interest in two competing Champions League clubs at present, with Red Bull having to go to great lengths to separate Red Bull Salzburg and RB Leipzig, two clubs they own, when both qualified for European football’s elite knockout club competition at the same time.
