Eight months after Roman Abramovich put Chelsea up for sale, Liverpool's owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), have done the same for the Reds.
FSG, who also own Boston Red Sox baseball team much like Todd Boehly's parallel venture with LA Dodgers, bought Liverpool for £300m in 2010, but the sale of Chelsea for more than 10 times that price in May could impact their next move.
The American group, lead by John W Henry and Thomas C Werner, have overseen a recent transformation of the Merseyside club, appointing Jurgen Klopp in 2015 before winning a first league title in 2020.
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Given Chelsea's ongoing success throughout the past 20 years, with Roman Abramovich overseeing a paradigm shift in football ownership for elite clubs after taking over at SW6 in 2003, the move of FSG to put the club up for sale at this current moment is intriguing.
In an announcement, FSG state that they "would consider new shareholders if it was in the best interests of Liverpool as a club.
"FSG remains fully committed to the success of Liverpool, both on and off the pitch," the statement published in The Athletic reads.
Chelsea were backed into more of a corner after being sanctioned as an asset of Abramovich following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, whereas FSG have looked into, but not taken action on, putting Liverpool up for sale in the past.
With Newcastle also being sold in the past 12-months following their own drawn out sale, FSG may have seen the mass interest in Chelsea as an opportunity. Boehly and Clearlake Capital were frontrunners throughout a convoluted sale overseen by Raine Group but still had to fork out over £4bn to secure the club.
In a deal that split the purchase into an initial £2.5bn - with Abramovich wavering £1.5bn of debt and also having the funds sent into a UK Government account - there was also a commitment from Boehly/Clearlake to spending £1.75bn over 10 years at the club on all areas of Chelsea.
With Chelsea, at that point, as reigning world and European champions as well as having an attractive world renowned manager and consistent Champions League based club, their value was the biggest in sports history.
Liverpool, though a consistent Premier League title challenger for four years, reaching three Champions League finals and winning one since 2018, cannot boast that current standing regardless of their success, and this could be a point used by prospective buyers.
There is also a point on willingness to sell to make too. Abramovich, though less frequently seen at Chelsea towards the end, was put into a situation where he all but had to sell the club. FSG are in no such position and are doing this more out of choice than Abramovich, this could further effect a price of Liverpool if they were to come to a final sale.
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