John Henry, owner of The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited and Boston Red Sox Baseball Club LP, is in talks to publicly list his sports holdings in a merger with a blank-cheque company, two people familiar with the matter said. The move would value his company at $8 billion in a proposed tie-up with Billy Beane, the US baseball executive depicted by Brad Pitt in the film Moneyball. RedBall Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:RBAC) plans to acquire a 25% stake in Fenway, said two people briefed about the talks. As part of the discussion, Redball will raise a further $1 billion in addition to the $575 million it has already attracted through its Spac to complete the transaction, said those people. The talks are at an early stage and there is no guarantee they will lead to a transaction but one person said Fenway’s principal backer, Mr. Henry, is keen to get a deal done and take his sports empire into the public markets. RedBall declined to comment. Representatives for Fenway Sports Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment.