Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez Are Reportedly Taking Steps to Buy the Mets

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Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are getting ready for a possible bid to be owners of the New York Mets, according to multiple reports.

Variety reports that the couple has retained JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid and are working with managing director Eric Menell, the bank’s co-head of North American media investment banking. The Mets are currently owned by the Wilpon family, and hedge fund manager Steve Cohen was previously in negotiations to buy the team for $2.6 billion, but it fell through in February.

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Meanwhile, TMZ reports that Rodriguez is more interested in working with the players as opposed to running the business part of the team, which he reportedly wants to pass off to those with more experience. TMZ also reports that aside from Rodriguez and Lopez using some of their own cash, they're also looking for big investors to put up between $25 million and $50 million, and then plan to get financing from a bank to come up with the remainder of the money for the bid.

JPMorgan will not comment on the report. ET has also reached out to reps for Lopez, Rodriguez and the Mets.

Rodriguez is, of course, known for playing 12 seasons with the New York Yankees during his legendary baseball career. Lopez is also from the Bronx, which is home to the Yankees. TMZ reports that 44-year-old Rodriguez's interests in buying the Mets is "strictly a financial decision," as opposed to a vanity purchase.

Meanwhile, ET recently spoke with Rodriguez via video chat, and he talked about how he and 50-year-old Lopez have had to adjust their future plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We had a meeting on Zoom with our core [group of people], kind of just going over what the next 12 months look like and we have three or four different variations of how that can look," Rodriguez shared, adding that the meeting touched on everything from wedding plans to "going on tour next summer" or even movie projects that they might have in the works.

"It's such a fluid world," he added. "Usually when you underwrite a year -- whether [in terms of] scheduling or financially -- you never think that it's going to just stop like this. So we're having to be very fluid, think on our feet and just think very proactively."

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