There was an attempt to buy Bordeaux during a period of financial struggle last summer, but the mechanics of the deal were considered to be unfeasible and, after FSG pulled out, the French side were demoted to the fourth tier.
Things have gone quiet since but work is continuing in the background, with The Athletic‘s James Pearce providing an update this week.
Pearce explains that, after the breakdown of their talks with Bordeaux, “an audit of suitable alternatives has since been completed.”
That saw 20 clubs “analysed from financial, technical and geographical standpoints” before being presented to those in the FSG hierarchy.Liverpool’s owners are now weighing up four of those clubs for purchase, having been deemed the most suitable to join a new multi-club project.
None of those clubs are named but FSG are known to have studied markets in Europe and South America, with Brazilian club Cruzeiro previously touted as an option.
In April of last year, a study from sports tech company Prospect listed Toulouse (France), KVC Westerlo (Belgium), Gil Vicente (Portugal) and Dundee United (Scotland) as clubs which would fit the brief.