Liverpool look to Kuwait for new owners

• limpper

  24 Jan 09, 13:22

  

  Tom Hicks, co-owner of Liverpool.

   

  Tom Hicks, co-owner of Liverpool, is holding talks with Kuwait billionaire Nasser Al-Kharafi to discuss a possible takeover at Anfield, according to UK press reports.

  Nasser Al Kharafi - who is the 48th richest man in the world with an £9 billion fortune - has reportedly met with Hicks’ representatives in London and Liverpool's commercial and financial director Phillip Nash travelled to Kuwait this week seeking investment for the club's new ground.

  Hicks and Gillett, who took over the Merseyside club in February 2007, value to club between £550 and £600 million.

  It is the second time in a year that the Americans are believed to have sought to sell the club to the family.

• limpper

  24 Jan 09, 13:26

   

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  The liverpool boss, Rafa Benitez.

   

  Possible Liverpool takeover stuns boss Benitez.

   

  Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is surprised at talk of a possible takeover at Anfield.

  Widespread reports on Friday suggested the club were in discussions with Kuwaiti billionaire Nasser Al-Kharafi about possible investment in the Anfield outfit.

  "I was surprised by what I saw in the press this morning, but I've just been focusing on getting my team prepared," said Benitez.

• limpper

  24 Jan 09, 13:29

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  The reported potential Liverpool buyer, Kuwaiti billionaire, Nasser Al-Kharafi.

   

  Nasser Al-Kharafi denies takeover talks with Liverpool.

   

   

  Kuwaiti billionaire Nasser Al-Kharafi has denied reports he's in takeover talks with Liverpool.

  Widespread speculation on Friday suggested the club were in discussions with Kuwaiti billionaire Al-Kharafi with regards possible investment.

  There have also been widespread reports the club's American owners could be willing to call time on what has been an eventful tenure on Merseyside.

  However, it would appear any potential sale would not involve the Kharafi Group, whose vice president Loay al-Kharafi has now distanced his company from such an idea. He said reports are "not correct."

  Nasser Al-Kharafi was ranked by Forbes magazine in 2008 as the 46th richest man in the world, with an estimated fortune of $14 billion.