Tom Hicks and George Gillett want to stay involved with Liverpool long-term.

A source has told the Sunday Times that they both want to remain at Liverpool, ideally in partnership with a new investor - yet to be found - with deep pockets to help fund the stadium.

However, more than £58m channelled into Kop Football Ltd (Liverpool's UK holding company) from an arm of the Hicks-Gillett operations based in the Cayman Islands is "evidence in cash" of the owners' commitment. That money is part of £421.6m owed by KFL to all creditors combined at the end of July 2008.