‘Reds for sale’ – Liverpool prepared to sell shares, Comolli and Scudamore potentially involved

‘Reds for sale’ says the headline of a small article in this week’s edition of France Football.

Jurgen Klopp’s side are reigning Premier League champions and in their strongest position for some time. Selling shares wouldn’t be a huge surprise, although it’s also a difficult time for football finances given the Covid-19 crisis.

The French magazine reports Liverpool, owned by the Fenway Sports Group, ‘intend to open 25% of their capital and be floated on the stock market’.

Already, the club’s potential future shareholders are known, with Billy Beane and Gerry Cardinale, who lead the RedBall Acquisition Corp, the expected destination of any initial share sale.

France Football point out Cardinale recently bought Ligue 2 club Toulouse. The French side is being run by Damien Comolli, who is also said to have a good relationship with Beane, and who was formerly sporting director at Liverpool.

Richard Scudamore, formerly of the Premier League, is on the board at RedBall, and France Football say his connection, along with that of Comolli, shows what a small world football really is.

Liverpool fans may well shiver at the idea of Comolli potentially being involved with the Reds at some point down the line, and this is certainly a situation to keep an eye on.