Dubai group again eyeing Anfield takeover swoop

DUBAI interests may again emerge as the main player in the battle to buy Liverpool.

Speculation is growing in the Middle East that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, thought to have lost interest in the Anfield club last year as the credit crunch started to bite, may be preparing another bid.

But if that does happen, it will only be during the summer as Liverpool’s current American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett try to extend their £350million loan with RBS and Wachovia — a prospect which, in the current financial climate, looks remote.