Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson not bothered by takeover talk
The main man: Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson [LNB]Liverpool 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 on Thursday that RBS have placed the debt with its restructuring team - whereall their 'toxic' assets are handled - and with the club no nearerbeing taken over the chances of the Americans finding a solution whichavoids 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]'ButI have a job to do here and frankly it doesn't affect us that deeply inour day-to-day work; the players come and train, we work hard, we getpaid.[LNB]'It is a major issue for the club I know but it issomething we at Melwood can't actually do anything about and I canonly, like the rest of the club, wait and hope a solution is foundwhich everyone finds satisfactory.[LNB] Relief: Fernando Torres fires home Liverpool's winner in their clash with West Brom last month[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.'[LNB]Liverpool, who beat West Bromwich Albion in their last Premier League game two weeks ago, travel to Birmingham on Sunday.[LNB] Hodgson tells Liverpool fans: Judge me after 10 Premier League gamesLiverpool's Ryan Babel ready to fulfill his potential by finally being deployed as a strikerLIVERPOOL FC
