Liverpool CEO Peter Moore insists club is not for sale and owners are 'in it for the long term'

A report earlier this month claimed Fenway Sports Group chief John W. Henry is 'quietly' entertaining informal takeover offers

Liverpool have once again reiterated the club is not for sale despite talk of a big money takeover bid for the Premier League club.

A report in the New York Post earlier this month claimed Fenway Sports Group chief John W. Henry is "quietly" entertaining informal takeover offers in the region of approximately $2bn (£1.53bn).

The club moved to knock down the report at the time and chief executive Peter Moore has now doubled down insisting the owners are committed long-term.

"The owners, since they took over the club as stewards, have invested £2m in capital investment, that's building things, investing in technology and investing in this new main stand," he said.

"Investing as we are right now in Kirkby where we are building a brand new performance centre for our first time. For the first time ever we will have our first team and our academy together.

"That's a £50m investment right there. I think what we have is an ownership group that totally understands what it means to be in charge of this football club.

"That understands this city, understands the needs for its fans, they are in it for a very long term, there is no short-term thinking, no short-term investment in this club.

"They believe in what's going on under Jurgen Klopp on the pitch, what's going under Michael Edwards our sporting director.

"In the back rooms of Melwood, soon to be Kirkby, and hopefully they believe in what we are doing and what my team is doing in the business of football.

"That this to become a self-sustaining business model that can refresh itself every single year. In a nutshell, great owners, understanding owners, patient capital that is building for the future."

Moore insists the club is not for sale (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Henry’s Fenway completed their takeover of Liverpool in 2010 in a deal worth an estimated £300m.

In August, reports claimed that Sheik Khaled Bin Zayed al-Nehayan, the cousin of Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour, had tabled a takeover bid for the Anfield club.

Liverpool insisted the club was not for sale at the time but clarified that Fenway would accept minority investment “under the right terms and conditions”.