NY Post reports ‘Liverpool is quietly on the market’

John Henry: Liverpool's owner

Liverpool’s American  owner John Henry is working to sell the club, according to a report from the U.S.

The New York Post claims that “Liverpool FC is quietly on the market” and the 69-year-old is looking for a price “north of £1.53billion”.

Henry, who also owns the Boston Red Sox, originally bought Liverpool for £365million in 2010 and so his reported valuation would see the Illinois-born businessman make a huge profit on the Merseyside club.

Henry’s baseball team the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers last month to win the World Series, but while that was happening Henry was a running a “passive sales process” for Liverpool, according to the report.

The Reds are by no means for sale on the open market, but Henry is privately entertaining offers and if there is an offer in the region of $2billion then a deal may well be struck

“It’s for sale if he can get the right price,” a source close to the situation is quoted in the Post.

The US paper also claims that two different sources have verified the news that Henry is open to selling the Premier League club

There has been no response from Henry’s representatives who were contacted for comment on the news.

Henry took to Twitter in December 2016 to mock reports that the club were on the brink of being sold to a Chinese consortium.

He repsonded to a tweet from talkSPORT presenter Ian Abrahams, who claimed a deal for the club would be wrapped up before Christmas two years ago.

He tweeted: “Good that your sources will be debunked so soon. Usually it takes a long time!”