Roy Hodgson Wants New Liverpool Owners

Roy Hodgson has revealed that he cannot move Liverpool forward without new owners at the club.

Tom Hicks and George Gillett have put the North West club up for sale and while there has been some interest from overseas the club has yet to be sold and Hodgson that this is preventing him from putting any plans in place.

The former Fulham man was brought in over the summer to replace Rafael Benitez and he kept Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres at the club as well as bringing Joe Cole to Anfield on a free transfer.

But now Hodgson would like to see new owners at Liverpool so that he can start moving the club in a specific direction.

Speaking to The Sun the Liverpool boss said: "The club is up for sale and nobody knows what direction it will take if and when new owners are found.

"A few years ago when the situation was far more stable, the money to buy new players was available. I hope the situation will change when the club is eventually sold and owners who are prepared to invest in the club come in.

"When that situation arises I'm pretty sure that it won't be difficult for us to start achieving things again.

"But at the moment the task is really to hang on to the players we've got and make certain we don't have a situation where we have got a total rebuilding process."

Liverpool has made a reasonable start to the season with a win, a draw and a defeat and are currently on four points. The side weren't in action last weekend because of international action on Friday night.

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