MANCHESTER CITY owner Sheikh Mansour's cousin tried and failed with a £2billion bid to buy Liverpool, according to reports.

Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nehayan approached Reds representatives in late 2017, the Daily Mail report.

5 Liverpool were subject of a £2bn takeover bid, according to reports Credit: PA:Press Association

5 Sheikh Mansour (left) brought Manchester City in 2008 and has a cousin who wanted to take over Liverpool Credit: News Group Newspapers

5 Sheik Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nehayan wanted to take over Liverpool

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A £2billion takeover would have been a world record for the most expensive in the history of football.

Khaled is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the Middle East, the report added.

His managing director Midhat Kidwai also met with Liverpool chairman Tom Werner in New York.

Fenway Sports Group purchased Liverpool for £280million in 2010.

Mansour brought Man City two years earlier for a fee of £210million.

Liverpool insisted the bid eventually failed and owner John Henry never met with Abu Dhabi officials, the report continued.

Liverpool have since reached the Champions League final and invested heavily in Jurgen Klopp's squad.

The Reds have splashed £170million this summer in a bid to challenge Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

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5 Liverpool owner John Henry and his wife pictured at Anfield Credit: Getty Images - Getty

5 Liverpool insisted that no deal was ever agreed and the bid failed Credit: Getty Images - Getty

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Liverpool said in a statement: "FSG have been clear and consistent: the club is not for sale.

"But what the ownership has said, again clearly and consistently, is that under the right terms and conditions we would consider taking on a minority investor, if such a partnership was to further our commercial interests in specific market places and in line with the continued development and growth of the club and the team."