Deals
Liverpool Gets Two Offers as Split Divides Boardroom
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Liverpool soccer club said it received two buyout offers that would wipe out the 18-time English champion’s debt as owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett tried to oust two board members supporting the proposals.
Hicks and Gillett sought to replace managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre before a board meeting yesterday to review the two bids and approve a sale, Liverpool said in a statement. The owners attempted to appoint Mack Hicks and Lori Kay McCutcheon to the board.