06 October,2010 08:24 AM IST | | PA Sport
Liverpool confirmed they have received two offers to purchase the Premier League Club on a day that also saw owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett attempt to remove two senior figures from the club's board of directors.
The pressure on the American owners to sell the club has increased in recent weeks with a looming October 15 deadline for the repayment of their ufffd282million loans from the Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, as well as protests from supporters' groups.
The Reds last night confirmed they have received two "excellent" offers that would repay the club's debt, but also revealed that Hicks and Gillett had attempted to oust managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre from the board prior to a meeting held earlier yesterday to review the two bids.
A statement on the club website read: "The Board of Directors have received two excellent financial offers to buy the club that would repay all its long-term debt. A board meeting was called yesterday to review these bids and approve a sale. Shortly prior to the meeting, the owners ufffd Tom Hicks and George Gillett ufffd sought to remove Managing Director Christian Purslow and Commercial Director Ian Ayre from the Board, seeking to replace them with Mack Hicks and Lori Kay McCutcheon."
