Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are on course to see the total value of their empire break the £10bn mark.
FSG, who have Liverpool, the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Penguins and RFK Racing among their sporting properties, have seen enormous growth in the value of their teams in recent years, much of it linked to the continuing upward trend in the value of media rights.
Forbes magazine published their January insights into the most valuable sporting empires in the world, FSG ranked third, behind Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke's Kroenke Group in second and Formula One owners Liberty Media in first. The valuation of the FSG empire was pegged at $9.8bn (£7.2bn), with Liverpool said to be the most valuable individual sporting property in their portfolio at £3bn.