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."
Fenway Sports Group have put Liverpool up for sale and there's a possibility of the club entering a state-owned model like Manchester City or Newcastle.
However, with an American-based consortium led by Todd Boehly recently purchasing Chelsea, there could be another way for the Reds in the market.
