Liverpool emerged as a takeover target for the seventh-richest man in the world last night as the pressure mounted on Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr to cut a deal to sell Anfield. Mukesh Ambani, the wealthiest man in India, is one of two tycoons from the sub-continent competing to buy a stake in the Merseyside club. The Sahara Group's chairman, Subrata Roy, and Ambani's Reliance Industries have each tendered similar bids to pay off Liverpool's £237 million debt in return for a 51 per cent stake...
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