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Stefan Borson
Wed 2 July 2025 19:00, UK
Liverpool could face “issues” as Fenway Sports Group (FSG) is exploring a deal to take over another club.
FSG has been in charge of Liverpool since 2010 after purchasing the club from Tom Hicks and George Gillett for £300million.
The Boston-based firm appointed Michael Edwards as its chief executive of football last year, with the offer including him helping to identify and manage a second club.
The Times reported on 17 June FSG has turned its attentions to La Liga side Getafe as it looks to develop its multi-club model.
The newspaper said Getafe’s owner, Angel Torres, has previously revealed he intends to leave the Madrid-based club once the Estadio Coliseum has been modernised, with the project due to be completed in December 2027.
Finance expert Stefan Borson exclusively told Football Insider there are challenges in making multi-club organisations work.
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Getafe finished 13th in La Liga in the 2024-25 campaign and have spent the past eight years in the top flight.
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Borson believes it would make more sense to purchase a club in a different confederation.
He told Football Insider: “I think where they see the opportunity is if you can build a side that is a regular Europa League qualifier.
“That can be quite a transformational revenue stream for a club like Getafe. But I still think there are some challenges in making MCO organisations work.
“Not many of them are generating significant success outside of the lead club. Not many of them are getting a benefit of that synergy that’s often talked about on paper.
“Then of course, you’ve got all of the Uefa issues that flow if you are successful. You have got this conflict of let’s try and be successful by using all of this synergy. Then you are successful and it causes you a whole load of issues.
“I think it almost makes more sense for the multi clubs to be in different confederations, so you have a very successful side in Brazil or Argentina or whatever and they don’t really conflict with the clubs that are also in the same region.
“Everybody seems to be all over this as the right way to do things, so we’ll just have to see.
“We are now in a situation where maybe not most clubs, but we’re getting pretty close to 50 per cent of the Premier League being part of an MCO.”
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Liverpool have agreed to sign Blackpool sensation Gabriel Schluter
In terms of incomings at Anfield, Football Insider revealed on 27 June Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign teenage sensation Gabriel Schluter.
The Premier League champions have agreed a six-figure fee with Blackpool for Schluter, and he is set for a medical on Merseyside.
The 16-year-old midfielder has caught the eye of several clubs higher up the footballing pyramid following his displays for Blackpool’s academy sides.
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