Broughton expects Reds deal in a week

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton expects the £300m (€344m) sale of the club to be completed “in about a week”.

Broughton confirmed a deal which would clear the major part of the club’s bank debts had been agreed with New England Sports Ventures, the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, although the delay has been caused by a legal challenge raised against the sale by current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.