British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has seemingly ruled himself out of contention to take over Liverpool.
Fenway Sports Group signalled their intention to a sale of the club on Monday, after releasing a statement indicating they were open to further investment. The American group has owned the Reds since they paid £300million to Tom Hicks and George Gillett in October 2010.
Since the statement was released, speculation has been swirling over potential buyers for the football club. One of them is Ratcliffe, who is the chief executive of Ineos chemical group, and is widely known as Britain’s richest man.
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Ratcliffe is a Manchester United fan, with Bloomberg’s billionaire index claiming the 70-year-old has a net worth of around £8.7 billion, while Forbes puts his net worth at around £13.48 billion.
Despite being linked to a possible takeover, Ratcliffe has issued a statement saying that he is not interested in purchasing Liverpool. The billionaire, who already owns Ligue 1 club Nice and Swiss Super League outfit FC Lausanne-Sport, believes there is “better value” in his current projects than buying Liverpool
"Our position has developed since the summer and we are now focusing our efforts in Nice and raising our ambitions for the club to make them into a top tier club in France to compete with PSG," a spokesperson told The Telegraph.
“This would represent much better value for our investment than buying one of the top tier Premier League clubs."
Ratcliffe expressed an interest in purchasing Chelsea during the summer, and has also recently publicly stated his desire to a takeover of Man United were their current owners, the Glazer family, interested.
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