Source: Team_Talk
Hodgson shrugs off takeover talk
iverpool manager Roy Hodgson insists continual speculation about the future ownership of the club is having no effect on him or his players.[LNB] An October 6 deadline is looming when owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett's £237million-plus loan with the Royal Bank of Scotland is due for refinancing or repayment.[LNB]It emerged last night RBS have placed the debt with its restructuring team - where all their "toxic" assets are handled - and with the club no nearer being taken over the chances of the Americans finding a solution which avoids a messy and potentially-complicated forced sale is unlikely.[LNB]But Hodgson said it was business as usual at the club's training ground.[LNB]"I am kept abreast but I don't keep abreast [of the current situation]," he said.[LNB]"The people dealing with it, who have a tough job on their hands, are kind enough to keep me informed if anything is happening.[LNB]"But I have a job to do here and frankly it doesn't affect us that deeply in our day-to-day work; the players come and train, we work hard, we get paid.[LNB]"It is a major issue for the club I know but it is something we at Melwood can't actually do anything about and I can only, like the rest of the club, wait and hope a solution is found which everyone finds satisfactory.[LNB]"I can't say it is a distraction and I don't think I've seen any distraction with any of the work on the field or the games we have played.[LNB]"It is an area where we at ground level can do nothing other than keep playing, keep doing our best and hoping the solution is found which everyone at the club finds acceptable."