Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has been identified as a potential person to watch with the Liverpool Football Club up for sale. The Athletic’s Matt Slater suggested as much on a recent edition of the “Off the Ball” show.
The British soccer team is owned by the Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins. FSG is fielding offers for a full takeover, though no sale is imminent.
Pagliuca joined Wyc Grousbeck in buying the Boston Celtics in 2002. Now the franchise is worth an estimated $4 billion. Pagliuca also owns a 55% stake in the Italian soccer team Atalanta, and just last year attempted to buy a controlling stake in Chelsea Football Club.
FSG’s sale of Liverpool is not guaranteed, and Pagliuca hasn’t publicly made a bid at the time of this writing. With a reported net worth of $3.87 billion and an apparent interest in European soccer, though, his hat could certainly find its way into the ring.
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