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The chief executive of the Chinese company linked with buying a stake in Liverpool has denied they are in talks with owners Fenway Sports Group.

Reports have suggested that China Everbright Ltd, part of the state-owned China Everbright Group, were working with private equity firm PCP Capital Partners to acquire a substantial shareholding in a deal which valued the club at around £800million.

However, international news agency Reuters have reported that chief executive Chen Shuang told them at a news briefing today that’s not the case.

“Chen said that after media reports of Everbright’s interest in the football club, he called several executives at different units of Everbright that might be involved in outbound mergers and acquisitions and found no one was working on any such deal,” a report read.

“From what he knew, there was never any such deal at Everbright.”

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner told the ECHO recently that Liverpool was “not for sale” and insists that remains the case.

FSG, who bought the club for £300million six years ago, have always been open to the idea of selling a minority stake in Liverpool if the right offer came along.

However, they are not actively looking for investment and senior FSG officials are adamant there are no ongoing talks or offers under consideration.