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Chinese businessman Kenneth Huang has revealed he is in talks to buy Liverpool and wants manager Rafa Benitez to remain at Anfield.

Huang is at the head of a consortium interested in ending the ownership deadlock at Anfield and has claimed he has been granted access to the club's accounts by Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
And the former Wall Street broker, who has a huge portfolio of investment interests in Hong Kong and the United States, expects a deal to be in place within the next two months.

Huang, who is working alongside business partner Adrian Cheng on the deal, insists Benitez is at the heart of his £500million master plan and has already contacted the Spaniard to give him assurances about the future in a bid to keep him out of the clutches of Italian giants Juventus.
Crucial stage

"Negotiations have taken place over the last few months and we are at a crucial stage," he said in the Sunday Mirror.

"I really hope it turns out to be a successful bid. Right now my audit team is examining the books and my legal team is in close contact with theirs.

"We have a fierce competitor in the Middle East, but it could be finalised in June."

He added: "I was first approached (to buy Liverpool) in 2008 when I was in Singapore attending a Formula One Grand Prix, but the asking price was 1billion US dollars.

"It was totally unreasonable so I turned it down. The asking price has dropped significantly and we are talking again.

"I want Liverpool to win the Champions League and Premier League and I think Benitez is a very good coach."

So is there any indication anywhere that the deal will fall through if Raf decides to depart?

it seems to me that owners who hope to make a profit from owning football clubs are not the ideal owners from fans point of view.
what we all hope for is a mega rich playboy who really doesn't mind losing money aslong as the club suceeds.
failing that we need owners who can afford to make a big loss to begin with but turn the club into a money making machine,is there the potential investors to take that risk?

Don't know much about these guys,The Cheng family are worth about 8 billion.

Huang might be heading the bid for them,Think he owns a share of the cleveland cavaliers aswell.

WTF does a chinese business man know about who is and isnt a good coach in the PL?

would do a lovely kop suey

If their bid is reliant on Benitez staying then they are not the owners for us. It is all about the club and not the staff, they come and go but the club remains, always.

what does anybody know who is a good coach and not. lol

Wouldnt go as far as saying that,They may just want to have a stable season and then go from there so keeping Rafa and seeing how he does.Cant see them just launching money at everything that moves.

Give slim helu or bill gates a call there Emp.