If successful in buying out Liverpool, Chinese business tycoon Kenny Huang plans to invest massively in the EPL side
If successful in buying out Liverpool, Chinese business tycoon Kenny Huang plans to invest massively in the EPL side
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Chinese businessman Kenny Huang has pledged to invest heavily in Liverpool should his ownership bid succeed.
Fans gather outside the Liverpool Football Club. Pic/AFP |
That would give him "a ridiculously large amount of leverage", a source told Press Association Sport, in order to be able to force out unpopular owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
But the spending would not stop there as Huang, whose interest is described as "remarkably serious", is keen to get a deal done in order to be able to furnish manager Roy Hodgson with money to spend in this month's transfer window.
In addition, he will also turn his attention to finally getting Liverpool's new 60,000-seater stadium built in Stanley Park after three years of inertia.
"He wants to get it done quickly so investment can come this summer," said a source close to the bid.
"Liverpool need investment in the playing squad and infrastructure and Huang wants to build the stadium.
"The club has an outstanding reputation but does not have the infrastructure to keep with it and make it grow."
Huang is backed by one of the wealthiest investment funds in the Far East and was first linked with a buy-out at Liverpool two years ago but believes now is the time to make his move.
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