Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says the club should be grateful to managing director Christian Purslow for finding new owners NESV.
Purslow is now stepping down from his position.
Hodgson said: "I knew when I was brought in that he was working with Martin Broughton to sell the club to the right owners to right a lot of the things they thought were wrong with the club," he said. "I think that he worked very hard to do those things.
"His lasting legacy will undoubtedly be that he and Martin Broughton were tasked with finding new owners for the club to clear the debt and move the club on and start anew. That's something they've certainly done.
"We've got very exciting new owners who will take the club forward in the future and for that he deserves a lot of credit."
