Liverpool hire Barclays to help find buyer

Liverpool could be set to be sold by owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett after hiring the mergers and acquisitions arm of Barclays Bank to help find a buyer as well as being expected to announce the appointment of the chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, as independent chairman.

The Royal Bank of Scotland latest refinancing deal is believed to require that Hicks and Gillett give up their power within the club.  The news to find a new owner comes after the Merseyside club rejected The Rh