Liverpool: Morgan still wants Liverpool

Millionaire building tycoon Steve Morgan still wants to buy into Liverpool despite fresh speculation of US interest in the club.

Morgan, the club's third largest shareholder, was on the brink of buying a controlling interest in August after a deal had been struck with chairman and owner David Moores.

But a row over distribution of that 70million offer between shareholders and the club's coffers - caused by claims that the new stadium price had soared - scuppered the deal.

Morgan, who is based in Jersey but soon plans to move into a new Cheshire mansion, declined to comment on the claims that Mike Jefferies and Stuart Ford, two US-based entertainment executives with Merseyside roots, have entered talks with the club with a view to putting together a deal potentially worth 100m.

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