Speaking on talkSPORT radio, former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan said: "The biggest football club purchase in the history of football has just been bought by a group of Americans.
"Chelsea exhibit the other end of the spectrum. Private equity guys that now are not nation states. They are looking at football as an economic vehicle for a variety of other things.
"Nobody had really bought a football club for much more than £700 or 800 million. Chelsea have been bought for £2.5 billion so there's the example. They are the model, not the nation states."
Liverpool could join Manchester City and Newcastle on the list of state-owned Premier League clubs after being put up for sale by American owners FSG.
However, with US-based consortium led by Todd Boehly recently purchasing Chelsea, there could be another way for Jurgen Klopp's side in the market.
