There have been shock stories of potential Saudi Arabian curiosity in a future takeover of Liverpool FC.
Three years on from the acquisition of Newcastle United by the Arab state’s Public Funding Fund – one thing which has come beneath renewed scrutiny amid leaked WhatsApp messages showing to contradict the ‘legally binding assurances’ that there’s separation between PIF and the Gulf nation – they’re now believed to have eyes on a membership of even larger international stature.
On Tuesday, Miguel Delaney reported for The Unbiased that the Saudi state have their sights set on a good larger takeover.
He acknowledged that there’s a ‘feeling throughout the sport’ that PIF are ‘in the end eyeing an even bigger membership’ as ‘rumours abound about each Liverpool and Chelsea’, with Barcelona additionally talked about as a doable goal given their monetary troubles.
Saudi takeover can be repulsive for a lot of Liverpool followers
FSG won’t be excellent, however we’d enterprise to recommend that the overwhelming majority of Liverpool followers would fortunately proceed to have them in situ if it meant that the membership would by no means fall into the fingers of a state with such an appalling human rights file.
Even when theoretically PIF would have the ability to inject a degree of funding outdoors the attain of LFC’s present house owners, the Reds have nonetheless received and competed for main trophies constantly beneath the incumbent regime, which for all its earlier misjudgments has a crystal-clear conscience compared to Bin Salman and co.
Additionally, we wouldn’t wish to see our beloved membership turning into entangled within the controversy over related occasion transactions which has engulfed Manchester Metropolis, with Newcastle contentiously standing as witnesses for the English champions of their current authorized case towards the Premier League (Sky Sports activities).
As a collective fanbase, Liverpool supporters take monumental delight in sure beliefs which transcend soccer. A takeover from the Saudi state would go towards these and, we’d think about, can be detested by many Reds followers. Let’s hope that day by no means comes.
