Liverpool chairman Tom Werner sends blunt message after FSG investment

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has insisted FSG aren’t diverting their attention away from the club.

It was announced in September that New York-based sports investment firm Dynasty Equity have taken a small minority position in the Reds, with the move designed to clear the club’s bank debt and not to fund transfer market activity. The value of the deal has not been disclosed but is understood to be between $100m and $200m.

Meanwhile, FSG, who own Liverpool FC, Major League Baseball outfit the Boston Red Sox, National Hockey League side the Pittsburgh Penguins, and NASCAR's RFK Racing, are in the process of expanding their portfolio after turning their attention to golf this year.

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In June, they purchased a franchise in the newly-formed Technology Golf League. And back in September it was first reported by the Reuters news agency that FSG were weighing up a bid for a stake in the PGA Tour - the organisation that oversees golf's biggest tournaments in North America.

Elsewhere, The Boston Globe reports that FSG are also expected to be part of the ownership group for an NBA expansion franchise in Las Vegas in the coming years.

Yet despite FSG’s commitment to expanding their sporting portfolio, Werner has insisted that the Boston-based group aren’t "taking their eye off the ball" - and with new investments not coming at the expense of their current projects.

“There are a number of people who have raised their hands to say that they would be interested in helping the new PGA, and it’s really up to the players and the board to decide the