Your Liverpool evening headlines for Friday, November 18.
Mason Mount Liverpool transfer would make sense after Jurgen Klopp told FSG how much he'd cost
Liverpool fans were admittedly surprised to see the Reds linked with a move for Chelsea’s Mason Mount earlier this week.
After all, while the 23-year-old enjoyed season-long loans with Vitesse Arnhem and Derby County earlier in his career, it's still hard to envisage the Chelsea academy graduate ever leaving Stamford Bridge in the near future.
Yet, out of contract in the summer of 2024, the England international is yet to agree terms on a new contract with Chelsea, with talks now put on hold until after the World Cup. While the club's owners have no desire to lose him, he has been in discussions with the Londoners since the summer over a new deal without a breakthrough.
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Liverpool chairman Tom Werner breaks silence with update on FSG sale
Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has confirmed Fenway Sports Group are looking at a sale of the club but says "there's no urgency" around concluding a negotiation.
Earlier this month, the American group released a statement confirming they were open to further external investment and the Reds' owners have also instructed two major US banks in Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to explore how much appetite there is for an outright change of hands at Anfield.
FSG bought the club in 2010 for a knockdown price of £300m after Tom Hicks and George Gillett had driven it to the brink of administration and 12 years on, influential American finance publication Forbes value Liverpool at somewhere between £3.6billion and £3.9bn.
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