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Hicks and fellow owner George Gillett put Liverpool up for sale on Friday, just over three years after their £218 million takeover.

Fans have persistently protested against their ownership and Rafael Benitez has indicated that he is eager to see the sale go through as quickly as possible as he seeks more stability at the club.

However, it appears there may be little prospect of a swift sale as, following initial reports the club was up for sale at around £500 million, Hicks has now suggested they would be happy to wait to find a buyer willing to meet his apparent £654 million valuation.

"Liverpool Football Club has been a great investment," he told the Sunday Mirror. "It has probably tripled in value.

"We have doubled player spending, both gross and net, and the new stadium is now fully designed and permitted. With fresh capital from a new owner, the stadium will be operational by August 2014.

"Liverpool will be as profitable as any other club in the Premier League and can compete financially and on the pitch with any other club. This is a great step forward for Liverpool FC, but we will now take our time and find the best possible owner."

He added: "The fans blame the owners, but we had terrible injuries with our star players out and we just weren't a very good team without them. When the fans turn against you it's very frustrating.

"When I was in the leverage buy-out business, we bought Weetabix and we leveraged it up to make our return. You could say anyone eating Weetabix was paying for our purchase. It was just business. It is the same for Liverpool."

The Royal Bank of Scotland has apparently agreed to give the owners further time to pay back £100 million of the speculated overall £237 million debt.

can't believe these scumbags are still pushing for that fee!

But at least Hicks has comfirmed what we always knew, they were in it for the money

they was alway gonna want lots of money no quick sail boys

you no that if the new chairmen cant sell the club with his knowledge then where doomed because the yanks are asking far too much 5 6 hundred mil plus 237mil of debt and then a stadium to build there dreaming .

They have a six month extension granted on the RBS loan, only because they have said they will sell the club. They can't wait forever for the best price and I think this is Hicks just being bullish about the situation. He'll soon take a lower price if he hasn't found a buyer by say, October and the banks start getting itchy feet. Personally, I feel all this talk of £600m is a load of hot air/Sunday newspaper garbage. Broughton said on Friday that he wouldn't have agreed to come in and front up the sale process if Hicks and Gillett did not have a "reasonable" fee in mind, or else he would look a right mug having taken the task on. Barcap would have run a mile as well. I reckon they'll get 450 tops but I expect lower. They bought for what £218M?? Of leveraged RBS money, which was not even there's! There still making some, the parasites.

hes a loser and just boasting.he surely grabbing media hype with it..as these both infact wanted to hang on till the stadium and then sell
thereby getting more quids at the time of selling and future benefits as well
u never know what these yanks are upto

I don't think 600million is fair price tag! However.

With Planning permission in place aswell as designs approved for a new stadium that is a massive weight off a new investers shoulders. With the potential revenue aquired from what the new stadium would bring. Investers would relize it's gonna come at a cost.

My prediction is that the club will be sold for around Between 400 to 440million.


The New investers will need to be Billionares! There is know way the club will turn around without having that kind of money brought in

Just to purchase the club,Pay Debts,Build a Stadium. Would cost around 800million. Spend 200million on players over two seasons bringing the squad up to scratch and we are in with a start of looking like winning the league!

Yes way too high, cant see us being sold soon if that is their valuation.