LIVERPOOL TAKEOVER BETTING ODDS SHOW NESV AT 1/10 TO COMPLETE PURCHASE

The Liverpool board is set to meet shortly now that a court hearing has blocked Tom Hicks and George Gillete’s attempt to stifle the sale of the Anfield club. The American owners had attempted to remove three board members who were trying to force through the sale of Liverpool to another American investor, John Henry- the owner of New England Sports Ventures.
NESV are considered extremely strong favourites to take over the ownership of Liverpool but another bid from a rival group named Meriton, based in Singapore and headed up by Peter Lim, includes an extra £20m to NESV’s original valuation of Liverpool and also includes another £40m for players in the January transfer window. It became clear that Hicks and Gillette would have preferred to sell to Lim.
William Hill has just released odds on the impending takeover of Liverpool and you’ll find that NESV is the betting favourite at a very slim 1/10 price tag with the popular bookmaker. Meriton is trading at a lengthy 6/1 while Mill Financial can also be backed at an 11/1 price but they look to be the clear outsiders at the moment.
Betting on the Liverpool takeover promises a fast payout as the deal effectively needs to be concluded before end of day Friday, when Kop Holdings Ltd. will be placed into administration and, barring some type of intervention from the FA, would likely see Liverpool docked 9 points for entering the equivalent of bankruptcy protection.
Portsmouth saw 9 points reduced and therefore the league must dock Liverpool the points or open themselves up to a court challenge from the Pompey ownership.
Liverpool fans seem to be cautiously optimistic about the situation and you reckon that everybody hopes the firestorm of speculation and financial wrangling coming to an end will see the Anfield players step it up on the pitch and start getting proper results again. The promise of new blood and no debt definitely must look like a light at the end of the tunnel for the Kop faithful, but it definitely has to be admitted that this thing isn’t over yet!