LIVERPOOL are the latest Premier League club being lined up for a Middle Eastern takeover.
Manchester City are already owned by Sheikh Mansour who is member of the Abu Dhabi royal family.
Now a member of his family has set his sights on snapping up Liverpool and has more than £700m in the bank waiting to complete a deal.
Starsport revealed at the start of the month that talks have already opened on a proposed sale.
Although the identity of the bidder remains a closely guarded secret, one likely candidate is Sheikh Khalifa, the president of the United Arab Emirates.
He is estimated to be worth more than £30bn and is even wealthier than his half-brother, Sheikh Mansour who has turned City into two time champions since buying the club in 2008.
There is nothing to stop such a deal going through with a Premier League spokesperson confirming yesterday: "There is no Premier League rule in terms of relations owning different clubs."
Liverpool are valued at around £650m and are currently owned by American sports investment company, the Fenway Sports Group.
FSG bought Liverpool for £300m in October 2010 but since then their value has soared.
Last year American business magazine Forbes ranked the Reds as the eighth most valuable football club in the world.
The leap in value is down to a combination of the record-breaking new £5.136bn Premier League TV deal, which kicks in next season, and the club's increased commercial activities.
A massive cash injection would allow boss Jurgen Klopp to compete with Europe's giants in the summer transfer market.
His No.1 target is Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, who made his name under the German at Borussia Dortmund.
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