Mukesh Ambani wants to buy Liverpool Football Club

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has entered the race to acquire English football club Liverpool FC.

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The club has been put up for sale by its current owner FSG, which bought it in October 2010, The Mirror newspaper said.

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Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been appointed to assist FSG in selling the team.

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According to The Mirror, FSG is willing to sell the club for £4 billion.

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In 2010, The Times reported that Ambani and Subrata Roy were willing to pay the club’s £237-million debt in return for a 51 per cent stake.

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