Fenway Sports Group, the American investment group that has owned Liverpool FC since 2010, has confirmed it is in discussions to sell the Premier League club for approximately $6 billion. If completed, the deal would represent one of the most lucrative returns on investment in sports ownership history.
To put that in perspective: FSG acquired Liverpool for roughly £300 million back in October 2010. That’s somewhere in the $344M to $477M range depending on exchange rates at the time. A sale at $6B would represent a return north of 1,200%.
The numbers behind the valuation
Forbes valued the club at $6.2 billion in May 2026, placing it fourth on its global soccer team valuations list. That figure represents a 15% increase year-over-year. CNBC’s own assessment from the same month landed at $6 billion. So the asking price sits comfortably within the range that independent analysts have already validated.
Why now, and what’s driving the timing
