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Liverpool up for sale

by mazevedo | January 23, 2009 at 11:11 am

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Liverpool owners have already begun talks to billionaire entrepreneur Nasser Al-Kharafi. The current owners which promised several things to Liverpool fans, including a new stadium which was projected to cost over 400 million pounds really didn't deliver and now are open to negotiations on a possible sale of part of the team or the team as a whole.

Liverpool's American owners have begun trying to sell the club and have held preliminary discussions with representatives of Kuwaiti tycoon Nasser Al-Kharafi, it emerged on Friday.

The owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, have run into serious financing problems and are now prepared to sell all or part of their stakes provided a buyer matches their valuation of the business at more than 500 million pounds.

As for those wondering if Nasser Al-Kharafi is the only interested in a possible buy of Liverpool according to the Liverpool Echo newspaper there are also prominet European businessman which have also expressed their interest in a possible acquisition.

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sdhar23

at 11:59 on January 23rd, 2009

In my opinion the Americans should just sell it.

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at 15:22 on January 24th, 2009

Good story.

Is Nasser Al-Kharafi. British?

korniec

at 15:32 on January 24th, 2009

Sell please

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Robert Weston-Bartholomew (not verified)

at 17:27 on January 25th, 2009

I'm not a Liverpool fan and I don't really know the ins and outs of what's happening but Anfield is a shrine to football fans the world over and it'd be a shame to see it go