Liverpool agree sale to Red Sox owner

The Premier League club said on Wednesday it had accepted a 300 million pounds offer from New England Sports Ventures (NESV) but the deal is being complicated by the club facing a legal challenge from its current owners.

On Tuesday, Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett sought to replace two members of the five-man board with their own people in a final bid to retain control with the BBC quoting the pair as saying they would resist any sale that undervalued the club.

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