Liverpool owners put team up for sale
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April 17, 2010, Saturday
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ENGLISH Premier League club Liverpool went up for sale yesterday after American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett appointed Barclays Capital to find a buyer.
Liverpool, English champion 18 times and winners of the European Cup five times, also said British Airways chief Martin Broughton had been appointed chairman and would oversee the sale.
"Following numerous expressions of interest from third parties, the Club has engaged Barclays Capital to advise on the sale process," Liverpool said in a statement on its Website.
"The Club has the full support of its existing bankers for this process and has financing in place which will fully support the Club's operations."
Hicks and Gillett said in a statement that being owners of Liverpool for the past three years had been a "rewarding and exciting" experience. "Having grown the Club this far we have now decided together to look to sell the Club to owners committed to take the Club through its next level of growth and development," they said.
The American businessmen have faced intense scrutiny from Liverpool fans with protests for their removal a frequent occurrence at Anfield after burdening the club with the huge debts of its parent company.
The duo are facing a demand to repay 100 million pounds (US$160.4 million) of the club's 237 million pounds debt to its lenders, Royal Bank of Scotland and US bank Wachovia, in July.
Analysts had suggested Liverpool is worth 500 million pounds but Barclays is understood to believe it would fetch far more if given more time to improve its trading.
Liverpool, English champion 18 times and winners of the European Cup five times, also said British Airways chief Martin Broughton had been appointed chairman and would oversee the sale.
"Following numerous expressions of interest from third parties, the Club has engaged Barclays Capital to advise on the sale process," Liverpool said in a statement on its Website.
"The Club has the full support of its existing bankers for this process and has financing in place which will fully support the Club's operations."
Hicks and Gillett said in a statement that being owners of Liverpool for the past three years had been a "rewarding and exciting" experience. "Having grown the Club this far we have now decided together to look to sell the Club to owners committed to take the Club through its next level of growth and development," they said.
The American businessmen have faced intense scrutiny from Liverpool fans with protests for their removal a frequent occurrence at Anfield after burdening the club with the huge debts of its parent company.
The duo are facing a demand to repay 100 million pounds (US$160.4 million) of the club's 237 million pounds debt to its lenders, Royal Bank of Scotland and US bank Wachovia, in July.
Analysts had suggested Liverpool is worth 500 million pounds but Barclays is understood to believe it would fetch far more if given more time to improve its trading.
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