The Kuwaiti investment consortium interested in buying Liverpool have revealed that both parties are back round the negotiation tables. The key investors in the consortium are set to meet Hicks in the next two weeks in a bid to reach an agreement.

"We are serious and things can change. Hicks and his team are nice people and unbelievably humble," Kuwaiti group spokesman Abdulla Al-Sager told Bloomberg.

"We are huge supporters and we definitely want something to happen. We want to build the new stadium at Stanley Park and make the team do really well."

Hicks and Gillett bought Liverpool for £174million in 2007 and with the need to refinance the £300million worth of debt in four months' time, the pair are keen to sell up.