Broughton expects sale to go through

Liverpool remain confident of success in their High Court showdown with their American owners despite Tom Hicks denying he ceded control of the club to chairman Martin Broughton.

The boardroom battle between the England-based members of Broughton, managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre on the one side and Hicks and George Gillett on the other revolves around who has the controlling authority.