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Huang denies making Liverpool bid

Kirdi said in a statement agreement had been reached "on all major terms including the purchase price, repayment of the existing bank debt...and financing of a new stadium in Liverpool's Stanley Park.

"A formal purchase agreement between the parties is in the final stage of negotiation."

"Mr Huang would like to emphasise that he has registered interest in investing in Liverpool FC but has made no formal bid," it said.

"SPECULATION"

"There has been much speculation and commentary from a wide array of people, many of whom have little knowledge of the facts," it added.

"Unless there is a statement that specifically comes from Mr Huang or his authorised representatives... we would suggest such comments should be given little credence."

A source close to Huang told Reuters on Monday that talks to buy Liverpool's 237 million pound debt with major creditor Royal Bank of Scotland were underway as a first step towards acquiring control of the 18-times English champions.

Liverpool's owners, Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who bought the club in February 2007 from former owner David Moores for 218.9 million pounds, instructed Barclays Capital in April to find a buyer.

Keith Harris, of the Seymour Pierce investment bank, told Sky Sports News that the buyers were "cash rich."

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