LIVERPOOL legend Robbie Fowler is interested in coaching West Adelaide should the club win a spot in the A-League.

Fowler, 41, revealed his enthusiasm to fans at Wednesday night’s “5 Times official Liverpool legends” function at the Arkaba Hotel, after meeting West Adelaide vice-chairman Andy Haralampopoulos in the morning.

Fowler told the audience he was keen to help West become a new A-League franchise, saying Adelaide needed a second club to be a strong part of the expansion.

Fowler also urged the A-League to have two teams in each capital city, including Adelaide and Perth, where he represented Glory during 2010/11.

Fowler becoming a coach or a potential ambassador for West makes good sense given Liverpool already has a strong business relationship with SA’s Claymore Wines, which signed a three year deal with the (English) Reds in January.

It’s understood Fowler also made inquiries about the cost of real estate in SA after meeting West Adelaide.

Haralampopoulos said entering the A-League in 2018 would be the realistic goal for West and he was excited about the prospect of having Fowler on-board.

“We spent about two hours together,’’ Haralampopoulos said.

“We gave him (Fowler) our plans and what out timelines are.

“He was very keen and he asked us where we would see him (Fowler).

“He was interested in being part of a new club which started from afresh ... and he has the right DNA.

“Robbie Fowler was excited, especially with the idea of starting from scratch where he can have a lot of input.

“We’d like him to be the driver of the whole operation — he has a great profile and he also understands the Australian market after his experience with Perth Glory and North Queensland Fury.

“We showed him some budgets and he had some great ideas.”

Haralampopoulos revealed he would meet officials from Leicester City on December 14, with the reigning English premier league champion looking at potentially investing in West’s drive to be part of the A-League.

The owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, owns King Power International Group which has a net worth of $4.3 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

An intermediary agent also is contemplating introducing West Adelaide to officials from two other English Premier League clubs.

Haralampopoulos says West will now prepare a formal new A-League club document, which it will hand to Football Federation Australia.

West last year was one of the teams which expressed interest in becoming an expansion club, alongside Adelaide United in SA.

Adelaide City — another club which has long term plans to become part of the A-League — is hoping to meet FFA chief executive David Gallop after also expressing interest in the venture.

Originally published as Fowler interested in taking West to A-League