Liverpool owners rival PSG in Spanish side takeover bid


The owners of Liverpool, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), examine a potential takeover offer for the Spanish second -class besides Malaga, as a report showed.

The FSG has long been interested in increasing a multi-club portfolio and last summer there was discussions about a deal to buy the fighting French side Bordeaux to finally move away from a deal. Bordeaux ‘financial difficulties later looked at the fourth level.

The idea of ​​restoring a fallen giant The athleteThe next team in view is Malaga.

Malaga, which was famous in the Champions League in the 2012/13 season, fought against financial problems in the past ten years and have declined to the third stage of Spanish football, but they won the campaign in the Segunda division last season.

FSG covers another chance of restoring a fighting page and evaluating a deal to take control of the 51% participation of the majority shareholder Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani from Qatar.

There is a considerable competition in this takeover race, since the owners of Paris Saint-Germain, Qatar Sportinvestitions, also want to buy the shares of Al Thani.

The FSG welcomed the former sports director of Liverpool, Michael Edwards, as the new CEO of the Football group last year, and responsible for monitoring a multi-club model that still needs to be built.

There were many exploration talks with Spanish sides. Representatives of the FSG have visited Levante, Elche, Espanyol, Getafe and Valladolid, but seem to be in sight of Malaga.

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