Liverpool Deny Report That Owner John Henry Considering Offers for the Club

Liverpool have denied that owner John Henry is reportedly willing to listen to offers for the club. 

According to Josh Kosman of the New York Post, a source close to Henry and Liverpool said the American is engaging in a "passive sales process" and that the Reds are "for sale if he can get the right price."

The price he is looking for is said to be in excess of $2 billion (£1.76 billion). It is significantly more than the $477 million (£300 million) Fenway Sports Group spent when it bought Liverpool back in 2010. In June this year, Forbes valued the Reds at $1.94 billion (£1.44 billion).

Per Kosman, two other sources have also reported that the club has been informally placed on the market.

However, per The Independent, a spokesperson for Liverpool said: 

"As loathed as we are to give a story of this nature a meaningful response, on behalf of the club's ownership I can completely dismiss this unfounded speculation. To repeat once again, the club is not for sale, including any 'quiet process' or anything of that nature."

It is not the first time this year the club and their owners have been forced to deny the club is up for sale.

In August, Liverpool were reportedly the subject of a takeover bid that was rejected, per the Daily Mail's Adam Crafton and Matt Lawton.

BBC Sport's Dan Roan shared further details:

Henry's company, FSG, consequently released a statement in which it firmly denied that the club was up for sale, per Liverpool writer Dave O'Connell:

FSG also owns the Boston Red Sox. The baseball team won the World Series in October, but with a wage bill of $238 million—the biggest in the sport—and a resulting "luxury tax" in the region of $20 million, sources said they made a loss this year.

According to Kosman, it is unknown whether those losses have had a hand in Henry's apparent change of heart in regard to Liverpool.