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Combined, prior to the sale of Chelsea earlier this year there were 97 years of ownership between Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

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Premier League teams as part of the 'big six' rarely hit the market.



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"I think the owner will think if Manchester United get it right on and off the pitch and Liverpool get it right on and off the pitch, Manchester United will be bigger."

Unless Liverpool have got something sorted, I think they're going to have to wait a little bit because I think the buyers will go to Manchester United first - unless there's a Liverpool fan who is very wealthy somewhere and has an allegiance to Liverpool.

Kroenke was already a shareholder at Arsenal prior to that takeover, with the last major ownership overhaul prior to the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital/Hansjorg Wyss consortium at Chelsea earlier this year arriving when Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group took over from the near ruinous regime of Tom Hicks and George Gillett at Anfield in 2010, a deal concluded for £300m.
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