Liverpool shareholders are still waiting for their formal offer from the Hicks-Gillett takeover, but there has been 'general acceptance' to the deal from the vast majority.

Shareholders have had a week now to digest the details of the £5,000-a-share offer from the US moguls to buy the club, and it is predicted there will be overwhelming agreement to sell.

It is likely that many senior shareholders will take the opportunity of next week's Champions League trip to Barcelona to continue their discussions.

And it is also believed that third-biggest shareholder Steve Morgan, who will be at the Nou Camp and who has tried to buy Liverpool himself on three occasions, will also agree to sell his 6% holding.