Liverpool owner John Henry (second left) with manager Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool’s owners say they would “consider new shareholders” following reports the club is up for sale.
FSG said it “remains fully committed to Liverpool’s success, both on and off the pitch”.
Liverpool, runners-up in the Premier League last season, are eighth in the table.
They have reached the last 16 of the Champions League, where they will face Real Madrid in a repeat of last year’s final.
A statement from FSG said: “There have been a number of recent ownership changes and rumors of ownership changes at Premier League clubs and inevitably we are regularly asked about Fenway Sports Group’s ownership of Liverpool.
“FSG has received frequent expressions of interest from third parties who want to become shareholders in Liverpool.
“FSG has previously said that, under the right terms and conditions, we would consider new shareholders if it was in the best interests of Liverpool as a club.”
Liverpool supporters’ union Spirit of Shankly said it hoped fans would be consulted in any talks with the club’s new owners.
“Today we have seen reports that FSG have put Liverpool FC up for sale,” he said in a statement.
“Spirit of Shankly has written to LFC for clarification and will await a response before commenting. However, we hope that both the Supporters’ Board and SOS will be involved in some part of the process so that supporters are front and center in any sale.and the first thoughts of potential owners.
“We’ll keep you posted.”
FSG bought Liverpool in a £300m deal under its former name New England Sports Ventures.
Basketball star LeBron James has co-owned Liverpool since 2011 and has a 2% stake which cost him £4.7m.
It has since become a junior partner in FSG, which also owns baseball’s Boston Red Sox.
In March 2021, RedBird Capital Partners, a private equity firm, bought a stake in FSGexternal-link for about $735 million (£533 million).
Liverpool’s principal owner John W Henry apologized to fans in April 2021 after the club withdrew from a European Super League bid.
Liverpool signed striker Darwin Nunez for an initial fee of £64m, attacking midfielder Fabio Carvalho for £5m and defender Calvin Ramsay for £4.2m this summer.
The club’s departures included Sadio Mane leaving for Bayern Munich for at least £27.4m, while fellow striker Takumi Minamino joined Monaco for an initial £13m. Neco Williams moved to Nottingham Forest in a deal worth around £17m and fellow defender Ben Davies signed for Rangers for an initial £3m.
“Occasionally I would be willing to risk a bit more, but I don’t decide and that’s fine,” manager Jurgen Klopp said in August.
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Football finance expert Kieran Maguire on BBC Radio 5 Live
Fenway Sports Group has seen the incredible price Chelsea were sold for (£4.25 billion) and also that they have an additional rival in Newcastle United. Six in four in the Champions League is not good, while seven in four is worse.
The owners of Newcastle bought this club for the same price that FSG paid for Liverpool – 300 million pounds. FSG could easily sell for 10 times that amount, if not more, if they factor in offers, and the Premier League remains an incredibly lucrative proposition for investors and high net worth individuals.
The pound is currently weak, which makes this deal even more attractive, if those investors are from overseas.
Arsenal have been out of the Champions League for five years and Liverpool’s owners will have looked at the losses Arsenal have racked up in that time. They won’t want it for their own business, because they’ve been very cautious about putting in extra money and they probably think it’s a good time to sell or certainly look at what the options are in terms of the club.
It will probably be mainly American investors looking at Liverpool. The Chinese government has discouraged its corporations from investing in soccer, so this is an area that has disappeared. I’m not sure there are many domestically who would realistically have anywhere near £4 billion to buy Liverpool.