LIVERPOOL co-owner Tom Hicks had bad and good news for supporters yesterday after revealing the club is unlikely to be sold before the end of the year but that manager Rafael Benitez has a “substantial” transfer budget at his disposal and no star players will be sold.

Striker Fernando Torres has brushed aside questions about his Liverpool future but admitted the club needed to improve issues off the field.

Former Liverpool chairman David Moores has defended the deal struck with Tom Hicks and George Gillett for the sale of the club three years ago.

Former Liverpool owner David Moores admits he “hugely regrets selling the club” to George Gillett and Tom Hicks, calling on the American pair to “accept their role in the club’s current demise” and sell up.

Liverpool’s bankers Royal Bank of Scotland have dismissed fears about the future of the club by stressing they are “financially healthy and able to service comfortably its debt”.

Former Liverpool chairman David Moores has resigned from the club’s board of directors.

SETANTA’S difficulties could hardly have come at a worse time for football.

IT’S not often you feel gratitude towards Everton, especially after such a dismal cup exit, but I needed a little quiet time at the weekend.

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett is so determined to make a statement of intent at Anfield tonight that he has insisted that his Dubai International Capital guests sit in the directors’ box.

Rafael Benitez will decide on his Liverpool future once the Champions League campaign is over as club chief executive Rick Parry signaled he wants to clear the air with the Reds manager.

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has finally broken his silence on his strained relationship with Tom Hicks.

LIVERPOOL’S American owners have again delayed an announcement of a successful refinancing deal but an agreement should be made public today or Monday.

Liverpool's American owners' have again delayed an announcement of a successful refinancing deal but an agreement should be made public tomorrow or Monday.

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks insisted Sunday he has no intention of accepting an offer for his stake in the club.

Dubai International Capital – the investment arm of the Dubai Government – is preparing to launch a £500m bid to buy Liverpool, according to reports.

LIVERPOOL co-owner Tom Hicks could be on the brink of being offered a way out of the troubled club.

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks could be on the brink of being offered a way out of the troubled club.

After more than three years of trying, Steve Morgan finally has his hands on one of English football’s biggest clubs.

RAFAEL BENITEZ maintains his current side is better than the 2005 vintage that won the Champions League.

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett wants room to expand when the Reds go ahead with their plans to build a new stadium.

LIVERPOOL’S new owners completed their takeover yesterday in a remarkable eight weeks.

Steve Morgan, formerly Liverpool’s third largest shareholder, has given his backing to the new US takeover at Anfield.

Liverpool will have new ownership when they bid to reach the Champions League semi-finals next month.

New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol has claimed he has held talks with former Liverpool team-mate Robbie Fowler about a move to Major League Soccer.

LIVERPOOL shareholders are still waiting for their formal offer from the Tom Hicks-George Gillett takeover, but there has been “general acceptance” to the deal from the vast majority.

Liverpool shareholders are still waiting for their formal offer from the Tom Hicks-George Gillett takeover, but there has been “general acceptance” to the deal from the vast majority.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry insists the club will always take priority over England.

Steven Gerrard has revealed he was “blown away” at meeting Liverpool’s new American owners and has backed the pair to make the club the biggest in the world.

RAFAEL BENITEZ accepts that life will be easier for him in the transfer market under Liverpool’s new American owners.

Rafael Benitez accepts that life will be easier for him in the transfer market under Liverpool’s new American owners.

The future of Liverpool Football Club could not be in safer hands than those of Tom Hicks, according to the man who runs another arm of the American businessman’s sporting empire.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez believes the club’s new American owners have “a clear idea” of how to make the Reds bigger and better.

Steven Gerrard told Liverpool’s new American owners to keep faith with manager Rafael Benitez because he views the Spaniard as “one of the great geniuses of the modern game”.

Outgoing chairman David Moores revealed his desire to see his beloved Liverpool take “a great step forward” convinced him to sell the club to American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

Liverpool have agreed to an offer from American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks to buy the club.

The £470m (€713m) takeover of Liverpool by American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks could go through today after further progress was made on their offer yesterday.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has thrown his full support behind the American takeover bid of George Gillett and Tom Hicks that is on the brink of acceptance by the club.

FOLLOWING Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum direct instruction that his family’s investment company pull out of their proposed deal to buy Liverpool this week, Reds’ supporters may wistfully wonder what might have been, should the club’s shave with new suitor George Gillett turn sour.

The American entrepreneur George Gillett could win the battle for control of Liverpool within days – a development which is already causing concern among fans.

The Dubai International Capital investment group have pulled out of a proposed takeover of Liverpool.

THE takeover of Liverpool was thrown into confusion last night when the club’s board met in a London Docklands hotel and did not formally accept the bid from Dubai International Capital.

The takeover of Liverpool was thrown into confusion tonight when the club’s board met in a London Docklands hotel – ahead of the game at West Ham – and did not formally accept the bid from Dubai International Capital.

LIVERPOOL sources last night insisted that the takeover of the club by Dubai International Capital could be confirmed “within weeks,” despite counter-claims that American bidder George Gillett was about to start an examination of the club’s books.

LIVERPOOL chief executive Rick Parry insists the club will not become a “rich man’s plaything” if the prospective takeover by Dubai International Capital (DIC) goes through.