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Jennifer Ashton, Tom Werner, Chairman of Liverpool, and John Henry, Principle Owner of Liverpool, Linda Pizzuti Henry, Michael Gordon, President of Fenway Sports Group, and manager Arne Slot(Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images/Getty Images For The Premier League)

Later this year it will be three years since Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group were looking at a Reds exit.

FSG acquired the Reds for £300m back in October 2010, the second team purchase for the ownership group that bought the Boston Red Sox MLB team in 2002.

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The incline in terms of the club’s value has been enormous, with the investment into improving the club on and off the field, the hiring of the right people at the right time, and the benefit of the 2010s boom in broadcast rights for the Premier League, turning a £300m investment into a $5.4bn (£4.2bn per Forbes, 2025) global behemoth.



This remains a long-term play, one that they will exit at some stage, but the way things are playing out on Merseyside, and with the economics of global football and sports fandom, it won’t be soon.

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Speaking to the Times this week, Liverpool chairman Tom Werner gave a hint on just why the upside is there for the FSG ownership group to stay in situ for some time to come, and why cashing out any time soon would leave a lot on the table.

“Having Premier League games on US television on Saturday and Sunday mornings is wonderful,” said Werner.

It’s 11.30am here on the East Coast and people head to bars and make a day of it.

“Over the next ten years I think the Premier League is going to be huge in the US.

It’s unique in what it offers.

“The reason that the Premier League is so successful is because it’s a display of the very best players in the world, with storylines that are skilfully delivered by networks like NBC.

And what’s happening this summer with the Club World Cup — maybe not everyone is watching at the moment, but it’s still seeding interest.

“That said, I think that the Premier League is far and away the most compelling product in football.