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Hicks 'in talks about Reds sale'
Talks between Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks and Dubai International Capital about selling his share in the club are continuing, BBC Sport understands.
Hicks has again strenuously denied renewed claims that he plans to sell his 50% holding in the club.
But the American is believed to have held talks with DIC although they are not believed to have been given access to the club's accounts.
DIC may also try to buy out Hicks's partner George Gillett's 50% stake.
Though that may not be as simple as it sounds as an agreement between Hicks and Gillett is understood to give the other first refusal on the other's shares.
Hicks and Gillett beat off competition from DIC to take over Liverpool in February 2007, but the Dubai investment group have recently renewed their interest.
The relationship between the two American businessmen is also understood to have broken down.
While Hicks' unpopularity on Merseyside was underlined when his son Tom Jnr was spat at and chased out of a pub following Liverpool's victory at Anfield on Saturday.
A statement from Hicks on Tuesday said: "Reports in the UK media that I am about to sell my stake in the Liverpool Football Club, or to invite DIC to examine the club's books in preparation for such a sale - like other such reports planted in the UK press in recent weeks by parties with their own self-interested agenda - are absolutely and categorically false.
"The reality is that I am personally, professionally and financially committed to the club and its supporters and that I will continue to honor that commitment to the best of my ability now and in the future."
Last month, Liverpool confirmed a £350m refinancing package, with £60m to be used as start-up money for the new ground in Stanley Park.
That repackaging deal, which also piled £105m of debt on the club, only lasts 18 months and the renewed takeover talk appears to be driven by the fact that Hicks and Gillett will soon have to start renegotiating their debts.
