Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson not bothered by takeover talk

The main man: Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson insists continual speculation about the future ownership of the club is having no effect on him or his players.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.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.But Hodgson said it was business as usual at the club's training ground.'I am kept abreast but I don't keep abreast [of the current situation],' he said.'The people dealing with it, who have a tough job on their hands, are kind enough to keep me informed if anything is happening.'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.'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. Relief: Fernando Torres fires home Liverpool's winner in their clash with West Brom last month '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.'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.'Liverpool, who beat West Bromwich Albion in their last Premier League game two weeks ago, travel to Birmingham on Sunday. 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

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