Rhone Group bid for Liverpool FC could lead to more offers

Anfield 300A FIRM bid to buy a major stake in Liverpool FC could lead to other offers from around the world arriving within weeks.American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are now deciding whether to dilute their controversial ownership of the Reds after the club received a formal offer of more than £100m in fresh investment.The offer - a strategic long-term plan put forward by the Rhone Group - is being seen as a £110m plus vote of confidence in Liverpool Football Club and its future.If Hicks and Gillett do accept it would mean Liverpool's annual interest payments on the loan the pair placed on the club would reduce from more than £30m to around £15m per year.The Rhone Group is a global private equity firm with bases in London, Paris and New York.Fund executives have been in talks with the Reds for a number of weeks and have now put together an offer that would see them take a 40% stake in the club.That offer was formally delivered in the very early hours of Saturday morning.

Source: Liverpool_Echo