A consortium led by a Chinese investment company is interested in buying a stake in Liverpool Football Club, according to media reports.
The Financial Times said Chinese state-owned firm Everbright and private equity firm PCP Capital Partners were behind the multi-million pound bid.
Other reports quoted club insiders as saying an unsolicited preliminary offer had already been submitted.
But the club and owners Fenway Sports Group said they had received no bids.
The FT quoted the club's chief executive, Ian Ayre, as saying, "There is no bid and we have no ongoing investment discussion of any kind with anyone.