Liverpool urged to copy Chelsea approach after FSG takeover decision

Liverpool news: FSG have been urged to follow Chelsea’s model (Image: GETTY)Chelsea are the “model” for Liverpool to follow when looking for a new owner, claims ex-Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan. Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group are willing to part ways with the club at the right price but Jordan says they must not sell out to a nation state.FSG released a statement earlier this week that they would welcome new shareholders at Anfield. But it has since emerged they would be willing to sell up completely, if it is in the best interests of the club.FSG have been owners at Liverpool since buying the club from George Gillett and Tom Hicks in 2010. They would reportedly want at least £3bn, 10 times the amount they paid for the club 12 years ago.Chelsea were the last major Premier League side to be taken over. American businessman Todd Boehy led a consortium which bought the Stamford Bridge club for an initial £2.5billion earlier this year, which will rise to a guaranteed £4.25bn.READ MORE: Arsenal’s forgotten man will be like a new signing for Mikel ArtetaIt was the biggest takeover in the history of the sport. Newcastle joined Manchester City last year by becoming owned by nation states.But Jordan is adamant that is not the right way for Liverpool to go, and Chelsea have proved that. He said on talkSPORT: ‘The biggest football club purchase in the history of football has just been bought by a group of Americans.”Chelsea exhibit the other end of the spectrum and they’re the ones who started this race to the bottom economically because Roman Abramovich was an individual. He bought Chelsea for his own reasons – maybe the most expensive life insurance policy he ever bought.”And he subsequently sold it to private equity guys that now are not nation states. They’re looking at football as an economic vehicle for a variety of other things.’DON’T MISSDubai investors planning ‘second’ Liverpool bid as FSG have asking price metFour candidates to replace Klopp at Liverpool if FSG sale prompts exitFour managers Everton could turn to if Lampard sacked after turbulent run Liverpool news: FSG have overseen a successful period at Anfield (Image: EXPRESS)