Liverpool Owners Prefer Yahya Kirdi Over Kenny Huang

Liverpool co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett want to sell to Syrian businessman Yahya Kirdi.


The Sunday Mirror says the two Americans are ready to join forces once again to back Canada-based Kirdi’s £600million plan to take over at Anfield.


Hicks and Gillett, who fell out spectacularly in the aftermath of the failed attempt to replace Rafa Benitez with Jurgen Klinsmann three years ago, have been forced into a reconciliation by Kenneth Huang’s attempt to sideline them with a takeover plan that would see his Sportscorp China Ltd group purchase the club in a deal that would pay off Liverpool’s £237m debts and force the Americans out with a tiny profit.


Huang's offer has won support from chairman Martin Broughton, managing director Christian Purslow and director Ian Ayre.


The trio are in a position to win a majority vote if Huang’s plan is put before Liverpool’s five-man board after Gillett and Hicks recruited Broughton in March to oversee the sale of the club.


A source close to the Americans said: “Liverpool will not be sold unless the deal is acceptable to the current owners. Their valuation of the club remains unchanged and it is ludicrous to think that any bid will be accepted that doesn’t meet this criteria, regardless of the make-up of the boardroom.”