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The joy of the sick seems to have been a bit premature - although on Wednesday the London court dismissed the current club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett's demand to stop the club's sale process, the Texas State Court in Dallas temporarily announced restrictions on such a possibility in the evening.
The question of the sale is being decided by the five-person "Liverpool" board. In addition to Hicks and Gillett, it includes chairman Martin Broughton, Ian Ayre, and Christian Purslow. It was the votes of the latter three that exceeded Hicks and Gillett's "no", so a few days ago the offer of the American company "New England Sports Ventures" (NESV) to buy the club for £300 million was accepted.
The current owners, who were not satisfied with the proposed price, tried to resist and dismiss Ayre and Purslow, but the court confirmed Broughton's repeated words: having taken a loan of almost £250 million from a Scottish bank, Hicks and Gillett committed not to interfere with the sale process and not to change the composition of the board without the chairman's consent.
This evening, the board considered several other offers, but ultimately stuck to the original one - "Liverpool" belongs to NESV.
Just as this information was about to be officially announced, Hicks released a statement claiming that the Dallas court was blocking the sale, and the Americans were demanding nearly a billion pounds in compensation from the board members for their illegal activities and desire to sell for less than market value.
At the moment, it is unclear how much the decision of the US court legally obstructs the board from carrying out the sale process.
