New England Sports Ventures completes $ 480 million deal to buy Liverpool . Previous owners remove legal barrier to what they called `` illegal '' sale . Tom Hicks and George Gillett now planning a $ 1.6 billion damages action . Comment:
New England Sports Ventures completes $ 480 million deal to buy Liverpool . Previous owners remove legal barrier to what they called `` illegal '' sale . Tom Hicks and George Gillett now planning a $ 1.6 billion damages action . NESV removes debt obligation to main creditors the Royal Bank Of Scotland .