Sir Martin Broughton believes Liverpool are now worth £2 billion.

Broughton managed to sell Liverpool to current owner John W. Henry and believes the Premier League leaders are now worth a staggering £2billion.

The Fenway Sports Group forked out £300million on Liverpool in October 2010 to purchase the club from former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Chelsea supporter Sir Martin Broughton, the man who fixed the deal, told the Daily Telegraph: "It is certainly worth one billion. At least that. Possibly two."

Financial advisor Michael Klein recommended Broughton to work as a chairman and he then facilitated the deal for Fenway Sports Group's purchase of the club.

Broughton also stated: "I was taken by surprise by how holistically dysfunctional it was. I knew of the problems between the owners, and the problem between the owners and the fans, and the owners and the manager, Rafa Benitez.

"I was not aware there were three groups - the owners, the board members and the manager. It was an unbelievable scene of people in warfare, pushing their agenda against each other.

"The owners had lost credibility - credibility with potential investors, with the banks and, of course, the fans. That is why so many walked away from the process, or chose not to get involved at all. There was scepticism as to whether I could deliver - whether Hicks and Gillett would approve anything. We only ever received two formal bids. That tells you the club was sold for its market price."