There had been suggestions that Huang would seek to acquire the debt from Liverpool's principal lender, Royal Bank of Scotland, in an effort to gain financial control over the club. However, Broughton insisted that is not the case.

"Any bids that go straight to RBS – and there have been several – come to me and are directed to Barcap," Broughton said. "RBS are not involved. The control remains with the board."

It's all gonna come to nothing 

 

I just hope that we our transfers don't hit any snags due to this. Pretty pissed off that Masch is leaving and us not getting a striker yet.

Cool. That is what I wanted to find out. Heard that there were 6 bids for the club...

Not even an actual English 

LL, I see your moving to the land of my birth

Good call, not that I remember fuck all of it. Moved to the UK when I was 3 or something.

Whereabouts you going?

Liverpool will consider at least three proposals to buy a controlling stake in the club, as they look to make a decision over a preferred bidder within the next 10 days.

As we revealed yesterday, chairman Martin Broughton will meet personally with Chinese businessman Kenny Huang within the next few days to discuss a £320million proposal to buy out the current American owners.

But Broughton has also been in talks with the Rhone Group, who had a bid to by 25 per cent share in the club scuppered only three months ago.

And the chairman, along with Barclays Capital, has also had contact with the super-rich Al Kharafi family from Kuwait in recent weeks, as they explore the possibility of resurrecting their own interest in buying the club.

Huang is considered a credible and serious bidder for the club, and even though his current valuation is considerably below the asking price of owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the Anfield board are treating it seriously.

Talks will move swiftly to identify any prospect an agreement that will satisfy the chief demands of finding an agreeable price and key terms for the future of Liverpool, which include the removal of debt on the club and financing of a new stadium.

Broughton will decide which bid ticks the right boxes to take the club forward, and has confirmed he is in a position to accept the best possible option for Liverpool, even if it doesn't satisfy the Americans.

The US-based Rhone group are trying to revive their earlier offer for 25 per cent of the club for a figure of around £100million, which would value the club above the offer of Huang.

Kuwait's billionaire Al Kharafi family were close to an agreement to buy Liverpool earlier this year, but then withdrew from the process without explanation.

While they have yet to make any formal offer, it is thought contact has been resumed in recent weeks, and Broughton will now decide on which of the competing parties is the preferred bid by next weekend.

The club will then hope to complete negotiations before the end of August, allowing a new regime to assume control for the new season.

Huang has offered support to new manager Rot Hodgson, and has also pledged funds to the Liverpool boss, while confirming he would remove the debt from the club and finance the build of a new stadium.

The Chinese investment expert would front a small consortium of super-wealthy businessman from his country, who are thought to be backed the state-sponsored sovereign investment fund.

Of course this IS the internet, and so the posters could all be 11 year old girls pretending to be grown men

Of course this IS the internet, and so the posters could all be 11 year old girls pretending to be grown men,

Yeah I heard, however they gave as many sources as he has so who knows...

So I figured a simple breakdown of whats happening would be good....

In short.....lolz

We're in the "make your intentions known"  phase until Wednesday.

Broughton is effectively responsible for the whole process.

2 people have made their intentions public - A Syrian who we can bin off right now as being full of shit, and Huang a Chinese/US business man who has connections to the Yao Ming deal and Houston Rockets basketball, promoting BBall in China among other things. Rumours are it's a serious bid as per a known guy on rawk who seems to be trusted. Huang may be backed by a consortium including the Chinese sovereign wealth fund. No official denyial or confirmation has been made by anyone regarding this bid or the involvement of anyone mentioned - so it's hard to know.

What we do believe is there are 4 other suitors who have declared an interest. By Wednesday this stage should end and we move onto the "show us your money" phase.

How long and how reliable what we know right now is is impossible to say. Sky are being cockends and following the Syrian around like puppy dogs and there's a lot of talk of conspiracy - but who fucking knows.

We need stable owners with a few bob and an interest in getting the ground built and not some dodgy leveraged buy out.

No. Basically RBS have initiated the loan termination clause on the 237million loan. This means a broker has to come in and try and sell the club on their behalf (effectively) to ensure they get their money back. There is a lot of debate over contract terms and suchlike at the moment which could change that scenario but the core truth is not really known. We'll see some major progress late this week.

No-one is going to come in and fund the yanks now, it's past the point of no return. For them it's purely about getting some equity out of the deal (if you think about a mortgage and a house).

“Rafael [Benitez] didn’t do anything good for Liverpool,” Kirdi said. “Hodgson is very good for Liverpool because he’s not some kind of dictator.”

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Not enough  in the world.

Yeah, you are right James, it is not in the hands of the Yanks. They are just waiting for the right deal that will be beneficial to them.

Did you read the FT article about Kenny Huang? They paint a very dull picture of Kenny Huang and his finances.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/202c5bb2-a18c-11df-9656-00144feabdc0.html