Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold is reported to be fronting a bid to purchase Ligue 1 facet Nantes.
Alexander-Arnold has already indicated an curiosity in investing in sports activities groups and, alongside former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata, bought stakes within the Alpine Formulation One crew final 12 months.
Now, based on L’Equipe, he’s eyeing a transfer into soccer enterprise with a bid for Nantes.
Alexander-Arnold’s father manages an funding fund on behind of Trent and his brother Tyler, a director on the PLG company that boasts the Liverpool defender amongst its quite a few high-profile shoppers, and the household have held talks over shopping for Nantes.
Nantes proprietor Waldemar Kita is reported to be eager to promote among the many ongoing monetary uncertainty in French soccer and spoke with the Alexander-Arnold household in July for preliminary talks a couple of sale.
A verbal provide of over €100m (£84m) was proposed however, whereas Kita was blissful to proceed talks and maintain one other assembly final Thursday, he was not pleased with the phrases supplied by the Alexander-Arnolds.
The bid is believed to have been raised to €150m however there has not but been a response from Kita, whose true want to promote is now being examined. The Nantes proprietor is even mentioned to have outright rejected ideas he may promote when contacted for remark.
Kita has earlier in terms of making an attempt to keep away from the general public highlight. Talks over a sale to Benjamin Leigh Hunt in 2019 had been abruptly ended when Kita grew pissed off by leaks to the media. Nonetheless, the negotiations with Alexander-Arnold and his household are thought to stay alive at this level.
