Liverpool Foootball Club could be bought by a Chinese business tycoon in the coming days.
Kenny Huang, head of Hong Kong-based investment company QSL Sports Ltd, wants to take full control of the Reds, who have been up for sale since April, the BBC understands. "A deal has to be done before the transfer window closes [on 31 August]," a source close to Huang told BBC Sport. "Huang has made a firm proposal. The club's board has to sanction the sale and it could be sewn up in days." Huang has been talking for several weeks to representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland, with the aim of taking full control of the Premier League club. RBS is Liverpool's main creditor, owed...
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