Liverpool FC sale supported by lead creditor: Source
The Liverpool's board has agreed the sale to NESV, the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, but the soccer club's two American owners are disputing the deal.
The sale of English soccer club Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures (NESV) is supported by its main creditor Royal Bank of Scotland, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Liverpool's board has agreed the sale to NESV, the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, but the soccer club's two American owners are disputing the deal. Liverpool owes about £237 million ($377.3 million) to the club's major creditors, including £200 million of acquisition finance, which has to be refinanced by Oct 15. Part-nationalised UK bank RBS is owed about £150 million of the acquisition finance and Wachovia, now owned by US bank Well Fargo, is owed about £50 million.