14/10 The Sports Pages

The Sports Pages

Liverpool’s board was last night battling to sell the club to New England Sports Ventures after a shock lawsuit from owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the Sun reports.

The High Court gave the green light to NESV's £300million deal yesterday morning after ruling the American duo had no right to block the takeover.

Liverpool fans hoped the sale to John W Henry's company would be rubber-stamped at a board meeting in London last night.

However, Hicks and Gillett refused to go quietly and issued a £1billion claim against Liverpool creditors Royal Bank of Scotland, chairman Martin Broughton, chief executive Christian Purslow, board member Ian Ayre, financial director Philip Nash and NESV - accusing them of an 'epic swindle'.