The offer was made on March 13, according to unnamed Bloomberg sources, and if accepted it would halve Liverpool's £237 million pound debt. Liverpool co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have a month to decide whether to accept.
Liverpool's managing director Christian Purslow last month said that the club was speaking to “five or six investors”, and that any investment would only go towards paying down debt. Financial institutions Bank of America Corp and Rothschild have been looking for investors on behalf of the club.
Rhone’s offer is below what Gillett and Hicks could expect, said Mark Pannes, director of sport at HSBC Private Bank.
