Liverpool won't be getting a January boost despite FSG's £610m bonanza

FSG are on the verge of selling one of their sporting assets in the US

Welcome to the latest edition of infoRED, looking at the business side of Liverpool Football Club and why what happens on the pitch is so important as to what happens on it.

Today we’re focusing on a major move from Reds owners Fenway Sports Group. In fact, it is a move so major that it hasn’t been done in the past 23 years of them owing sports team franchises.

FSG are selling a team. A sporting portfolio valued at near $15bn, is to become a team lighter, at least for the time being.

But why are FSG selling a team, what will they do with the money that comes in from it (it will be significant), and what does it mean for the longer term when it comes to their ownership of Liverpool?

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