Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez give off an impression of being quitting any and all funny business about purchasing the Mets.
The force couple held JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a potential offer, a source affirmed to The Post on Monday, two months after our paper previously revealed A-Rod and J.Lo had developed as potential suitors to buy the group.
The advancement was first detailed by Scott Soshnick of the business stage Sportivo.
Rodriguez, the questionable baseball installation who grew up a Mets fan before turning into a polarizing star with the Yankees, was “kicking the tires” on getting into an up and coming closeout for the group, The Post revealed in February.
Prior that month, neighbourhood tycoon support investments director Steve Cohen left a $2.6 billion arrangement to buy 80 per cent of the Mets from the Wilpons, who would not give up control of the group for the initial five years of Cohen’s proprietorship. Cohen still keeps up his 8 per cent stake in the group and hasn’t totally been precluded as a potential purchaser. No such conditions are accepted to be connected pushing ahead as the Wilpons plan to sell the group in a closeout being led by the group’s long-lasting speculation financier Allen and Co.
The 44-year-old Rodriguez and his fiancèe, Lopez, the acclaimed 50-year-old chronicle star and on-screen character, allegedly have a joined total assets of around $700 million, which means further pockets would need to enhance them so as to make a potential buy work — like how Derek Jeter had the option to purchase the Marlins for $1.2 billion with monetary assistance from financial speculator Bruce Sherman.
I will say this, if the opportunity [to buy the Mets] came up, I would certainly look at it,” A-Rod said in March during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon.
“Maybe you can buy them with me,” Rodriguez told Fallon. “I need a partner.”
At the time, the idea of A-Rod buying the Mets was believed to be a long shot.