Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all set to be heavily impacted by the latest development regarding Liverpool's potential takeover. Fenway Sports Group put the club up for sale earlier this week after 12 years of ownership, as confirmed in an official statement released on Monday.
The Reds were valued at over £3.5billion by Forbes in May, but the American sports investment company have set an asking price of £4bn. And, investors are already beginning to queue up for the chance to buy Liverpool with a takeover seemingly imminent.
According to Middle Eastern outlet Arabian Business, investors in Dubai are weighing up a $5bn (£4.3bn) bid for the club. The report states that Dubai International Capital (DIC) 'could be eyeing' a move for Liverpool after having previously failed in their attempt to do so in 2007 when a $360million (£312m) bid was rejected.
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If the club falls into the correct hands then Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs could face revitalised competition on both on the domestic and European stages. What usually follows a takeover of this magnitude is a huge cash injection, handing the trio of London clubs fresh competition in the transfer market too.
Upon the arrival of Todd Boehly, the Blues spent in the region of £270million on new signings to spruce up Stamford Bridge. Following the introduction of a new business model at the Emirates Stadium spearheaded by Josh Kroenke, the Gunners have quickly become one of the biggest spending clubs in the Premier League.
And, even Spurs have begun to spend as much as their competitors in the transfer market. With Jurgen Klopp's side struggling to compete with Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs this season as they sit eighth, Liverpool can expect to see a windfall come their way if a takeover is completed.
This comes as a huge threat to the three London clubs with the race for top-four closer than ever amid Newcastle United's recent success - a club who were bought by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund last year. Sameer Al Ansari, the founding chairman of Dubai's sovereign wealth fund, admitted that he was a Liverpool fan in 2014.
In an interview with Arabian Business, the DIC chief said: "We would have been the first to do it [a takeover] out of this region. As soon as they [Liverpool] won the Champions League in 2005, we got serious about due diligence in 2006 and almost signed in January 2007.
"What delayed us is because everyone knew Sameer was a lifelong fan of Liverpool, including His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. So we did three times the amount of due diligence, as I had to prove the business sense and there were very few clubs, frankly, where you can make a business sense."
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