Entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus has spoken about his desire to purchase Liverpool Football Club should he fail with his attempted takeover of Manchester United.
Zilliacus had claimed earlier this week that he had submitted a bid to buy the Old Trafford club. He would be up against British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Now Zilliacus has seemingly claimed that he would be interested in investment in Liverpool, should he fail with buying Man United.
Who is Thomas Zilliacus?
Zilliacus was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1954 and went on to have a brief career in politics before going on to study at university. He would later give up his role on Helsinki’s city council to move to Singapore to lead Nokia’s move into Asia.
He would stay with Nokia until 1993 where he resigned from his role as regional head of their Asia-Pacific business. From here he went on to found the Mobile FutureWorks Group investment company.
Zilliacus is now the executive chairman of that group, which has invested in numerous different companies such as OpenMobile. As well as this, the 69-year-old has also held several board and advisory positions, including as an independent director.
He has previous experience of venturing into the world of sports, having previously been the chairman of HJK from 1982-86. He was also the owner of Finnish ice hockey club Jokerit, until the team was sold in 2012 to Russian investors.