Liverpool’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, have rejected a bid of almost £3billion for the club. Mirror Sport can reveal that the offer was made before it was announced that principal owner John W Henry had been involved in talks over the now doomed European Super League.
It’s understood to have come from the Middle East but was knocked back, despite the Coronavirus pandemic costing the club around £120million in lost revenue.
Other potential bidders – most of them also from the oil rich Middle East – are hovering waiting to see if John W Henry and Anfield chairman Tom Werner change their mind after coming under fire from angry Liverpool fans.
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