Liverpool
have agreed an out-of-court settlement with former owners Tom Hicks and George
Gillett over the sale of the club in 2010.
A
settlement has been reached after claims made following the sale of Liverpool
to Fenway Sports Group in 2010.
Former
owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were unhappy with the way a sale to Fenway
Sports Group (then New England Sports Ventures) was concluded by Sir Martin
Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre, who were respectively Liverpool
chairman, managing director and commercial director at the time.
Hicks and
Gillett subsequently made a number of claims and allegations against the trio,
which were all denied, and resulted in legal proceedings.
However,
all parties have come to a confidential agreement which has resulted in all
allegations being withdrawn and the court case being concluded.
A club
statement read: "In October 2010, Liverpool Football Club and Athletic
Grounds Limited (Liverpool FC) was sold to the Fenway Sports Group.
"As a
consequence of that sale, Thomas Hicks and George Gillett (being the former
owners of Liverpool FC) made a number of allegations and claims against Sir
Martin Broughton, Christian Purslow and Ian Ayre (being the company directors
responsible for the sale of Liverpool FC to the Fenway Sports Group).
"Those
allegations and claims were denied by Messrs Broughton, Purslow and Ayre. The
allegations, claims and denials resulted in legal proceedings being commenced.
"The
parties have now agreed a settlement (the terms of which are confidential).
"All
claims and allegations made against Messrs Broughton, Purslow and Ayre have
been withdrawn by Messrs Hicks and Gillett and all legal proceedings between
the parties concluded.
"The
parties will not be making any further statement to the press."
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