Liverpool could be sold to American financiers rather than a national wealth fund, according to talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan.

The former Crystal Palace owner was reacting to claims that Middle East investors, including ones from Dubai and Bahrain, are already lining up to buy the Reds. When asked whether it was necessary for teams like Liverpool to be bought by “nation-states” to continue competing at the top level, Jordan replied:

“Whilst it looks like a one-stop shop and you have to go to the nation-states to be able to compete in football, you are seeing a very different landscape manifesting itself. Football’s becoming a mature economically viable interesting business to people like bankers, like Goldman Sachs, people like JP Morgan, like people that would fund the purchase of Twitter, will now get into the purchasing criteria of buying football clubs… The biggest football club purchased in the history of football has just been bought by a group of Americans. Chelsea are the model, not the nation-states.”

While Todd Boehly is the principal owner of Chelsea, he has extremely strong backing from American investment fund, Clearlake Capital, who have $70bn worth of assets.

There is a possibility that a similar investor from the United States could make an offer for Liverpool. As Jordan mentions, the involvement of banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan would suggest that bids from across the pond are very likely. We shall have to see how the situation unfolds in the coming months.