Liverpool FC owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) is said to be exploring a deal to buy the Spanish second-division side Malaga as it looks to move into a multi-club model.

It is currently 49 per cent owned by Blue Bay, a hotel and real estate group, and 51 per cent owned by the Qatari businessman, Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani.

Michael Edwards, formerly Liverpool's sporting director, was brought back into the fold as FSG's CEO of football, partially with the multi-club model in mind.



In practice, this means having fresh challenges and opportunities.

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"As such, one of the biggest factors in my decision is the commitment to acquire and oversee an additional club, growing this area of their organization.

I believe that to remain competitive, investment and expansion of the current football portfolio is necessary."

Why is the multi-club model advantageous.

With what could essentially become something of a feeder club, players could still be brought into the football group even if the chance to bring them to Anfield immediately is now gone.

When Stefan Bajcetic was signed as a 16-year-old from Celta Vigo, for instance, Liverpool had to rush through that deal before the Brexit rules changes in order for it to be allowed

It would no longer be possible.

But the next Bajcetic could be signed by a club owned by Liverpool’s owners in another European country, and then moved across when they have accumulated enough experience to be given a work permit