Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says he can handle the club's on-field matters without being distracted by their ownership issues.
Hodgson is steering clear of becoming involved in the issues surrounding a potential takeover but stressed whoever does come in has to put the needs of the club first.
"I was given the assurance I would be allowed to do the job in the right way and that has been the case since I have been here," said the 62-year-old.
"I don't get involved, I leave it to the people who know what they are doing.
"But I can only hope if the club changes hands it goes to a group of people who have the club's fortune and future at heart and that they will do the right thing by the club.
"I don't think anyone who has the slightest love for the club would want anyone coming in whose sole intention was not to keep up the high standards of the past and if anything make certain we can do that in the future.
"If a new owner comes in it is very important he makes clear to the supporters of this club, a worldwide institution, that they are buying it for the right reasons.
"Buying it because they want to maintain the level the club has been used to for the last 40 years and to make sure they don't drop from the high perch it has been on.
"That is what I would like to hear from the owners."
