Sir Martin Broughton says Fenway Sports Group have privately told him they are in no rush to sell Liverpool FC and believes the plan to offload the club was brought on by Chelsea's £4.25billion sale last year.
But the former Reds chairman says the American ownership group will want to protect their legacy by ensuring they hand over the Anfield keys to the right custodians rather than merely selling to the highest bidder further down the line.
It was revealed in November that FSG were open to offers of either a partial or full sale of Liverpool, with two major US banks in Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs instructed to search for potential investors. To aid that process, a full sales presentation was produced for anyone who might be seriously interested, but over three months on, a resolution appears no closer.
