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Liverpool owners FSG pull OUT of talks to buy cash-strapped French side Bordeaux – as club face relegation to the third tier amid financial woes

Liverpool owners FSG pull OUT of talks to buy cash-strapped French side Bordeaux – as club face relegation to the third tier amid financial woes


Fenway Sports Group had been in discussion with the club’s president for weeks Bordeaux in the process of wrangling with France football’s financial watchdog The six-time former champions are in a £33million financial black hole 

Bordeaux’s problems deepened on Tuesday when Fenway Sports Group (FSG), owners of Liverpool, announced it was ending negotiations with the French club which is facing relegation to the third tier.

Bordeaux, which is appealing its demotion from Ligue 2 because of financial problems, said it had ‘been informed by Fenway Sports Group of its intention not to pursue discussions’.

‘This decision is explained in particular by the significant cost of the stadium in the coming years, but also by the general economic context of French soccer,’ the statement continues.

FSG had been in contact with Bordeaux owner Gerard Lopez for several weeks and took part in the club’s hearing with French football’s financial watchdog the DNCG on July 9.

‘Following extensive and constructive discussions with all stakeholders, Fenway Sports Group has made the decision not to pursue the acquisition of FC Girondins de Bordeaux,’ the US group, which owns baseball’s Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey club as well as Premier League giants Liverpool, said in a separate statement.

Liverpool owners FSG pull OUT of talks to buy cash-strapped French side Bordeaux – as club face relegation to the third tier amid financial woes

Ligue 2 side Bordeaux will not be the latest franchise to be purchased by Fenway Sports Group 

Liverpool's owners (pictured: principal owner John W Henry, right) announced that they were ending ongoing negotiations

Liverpool’s owners (pictured: principal owner John W Henry, right) announced that they were ending ongoing negotiations 

The club's president Gerard Lopez had been in discussion with the group but now find a different solution to avoid relegation to the third tier

The club’s president Gerard Lopez had been in discussion with the group but now find a different solution to avoid relegation to the third tier

Sources close to the talks said the cost of running Bordeaux’s Matmut Atlantique stadium, as well as the disappointing outcome of the Ligue 1 television rights negotiations, played a part in the decision.

The Girondins need to find 40 million euros (£33m) to balance their accounts before trying to convince the DNCG to spare them.

‘The club and its shareholder are now putting all their energy into finalising a financing plan for the 2024-25 season in preparation for the appeal hearing’, scheduled for July 23 or 24.

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