Liverpool owner John W Henry insists he won't sell the Boston Red Sox.

Reports in the USA suggested Henry - the lead figure of Fenway Sports Group, which also owns Liverpool Football Club - was looking to offload his baseball franchise for $1billion, just over £600million.

But he said: "A sale of any kind is so far from our thinking it hasn't even come up, apart from technical planning issues involving death or disability.

"This report is completely without foundation.

"Any sale discussions that may have taken place were missing three key people - Red Sox president and chief executive Larry Lucchino, chairman Tom Werner and me.

"The Sox and any of the other components of FSG are not for sale and will not be for the foreseeable future."