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One newspaper report today claims that George Gillett and Tom Hicks have put together a £240million plan in the hope of taking the Reds further forward under Rafa Benitez, even though the club is still up for sale.

It is claimed that Steven Gerrard has been offered a new £30m contract - worth £140,000-a-week in wages - that would run until at least 2013. This comes after securing Rafa Benitez on a new 5-year deal and after pledging a new deal to assistant Mauricio Pelegrino.

There will also be new contracts for Fernando Torres, Daniel Agger, Jamie Carragher and Dirk Kuyt plus a guaranteed minimum summer transfer kitty (every summer) of £20m for the manager.

A new non-executive board could also be formed and former FA chief executive Brian Barwick could come in as a non-executive chairman to work with the club's new CEO. Ian Ayre remains favourite to land that job but much will depend on Rafa's view who has been promised a say in the appointment.

Veteran defender Sami Hyypia could be handed a coaching role at Melwood once he hangs up his boots.

Although the club is up for sale, Tom Hicks wants to remain in place with a new partner.

Hope it's possible that Dani will remind at Anfield.

Sounds too good to be true coming from these so called owners!

With Gillett wanting out, how have they found these funds?

money will pouring in if we win the league

I hope so Bead but I don't have the confidence in these guys anymore. We were supposed to be in our new stadium by next year!

I think it's still a big mess, even though we've had some good news over the last week in rafa signing the new contract and hopefully some of the players will do so to...

But the situation with the owners must be resolved soon and we just got to start building on the new stadium if we're about to compete with the other top clubs over the coming years...

Despite the feel-god factor at the moment, the club is still in a massive mess.

but my personal opinion is that Rafa would not have signed a 5-year contract had he not been absolutely assured about the future of the club looking brighter!

and they still haven't sorted the boilers! my bovril on Sunday was about as tepid as it could be.

Fingers crossed ladies and gents. We will be in a better place if win the league.

We certainly will. Fingers crossed indeed.

And I hear you on the boiler front Cinco..... my brew was rank last time. They need to sort that out. Forget protesting for Gilette and Hicks out, let picket for the warmer temperatures for our matchday hot beverages!!!!

I'm blaming health & safety! i remember the good old days when it used to take me upwards of half hour before i could even start my Bovril it was piping hot.

thinking of chaining myself to one of the conscession stands until it's sorted.

gotta have a Bovril at the game regardless of how many beers i've had, it's been tradition for years!!