Despite rumours linking the Middle Eastern country with fresh takeover plans, the Qatari Royal Family is not interested in buying Liverpool.
Twelve years after completing a £300 million ($358 million) buyout of the Merseyside team, American owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) revealed last month that it was considering selling the club, according to Liverpool chairman Tom Werner.
Liverpool might get bids greater than the £2.5 billion Roman Abramovich earned when he sold Chelsea to Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital earlier this year. There was even talk of interest from the Qatari Royal Family, who currently own Paris Saint-Germain.
But according to the Liverpool Echo, Sheikh Jooan Al Thani, the head of the Qatar Olympic Committee, is not in discussions to purchase Liverpool.
Qatar Sports Investment (QSI), the nation’s state-run sovereign wealth fund, is owned by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamas Al Thani, and sources claim that QSI is entirely focused on the Ligue 1 team.
Two Champions League clubs cannot be directly or indirectly controlled by the same organization, per UEFA regulations.
In addition to trying to take over the Parc des Princes stadium from the City of Paris, QSI, which took over PSG in 2011, is seeking an investor to purchase between 10% and 15% of the club.
PSG was purchased by the sovereign wealth fund for €50 million eleven years ago, and the club is currently worth almost €4 billion. Since QSI took over, PSG has won eight Ligue 1 titles but has struggled in the Champions League.
