Liverpool could be forced to sell some of it's major stars over debt concerns, it has been revealed. Premier League powerbroker Keith Harris, the chairman of Seymour Pierce, the investment bank, believes that the Americans could be forced to sell leading players if they are unable to pay off the club's £350 million debt.

Harris, who was in Zurich yesterday to address football financiers at the International Football Arena conference, said: "If the banks won't finance, you have to raise equity. If they can't find it, it's a brave banker that would repossess Liverpool Football Club."

Liverpool strikers Ryan Babel and Fernando Torres have been mentioned as potential sacrifices.

Indeed, The Times says Liverpool may have to sell Torres and Babel unless they repay by next summer the £31.5 million borrowed to sign the Spain and Holland forwards.