Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, was reportedly contacted by Liverpool regarding a potential takeover when the club were attempting to push American businessmen, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, out of the club.
In legal documents relating to a court battle between Mill Financial, Gillett and the Royal Bank of Scotland, it has been revealed that Gates, who is worth an estimated £68.3 billion, was contacted but he opted not to respond.
According to the Liverpool Echo, New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, who celebrated his team winning their fifth Super Bowl title last Sunday, was also contacted.
The publication has revealed details of a deposition involving former Liverpool Chairman, Sir Martin Broughton, who was asked if “there was at least an attempt to contact Bill Gates and Bob Kraft in the US?”
He responded: “Correct,” before adding that the club were “making contacts with people around the world” in a bid to oust Hicks and Gillett, who eventually agreed to sell the club in April 2010.
Fenway Sports Group, headed by John W Henry, eventually bought the Premier League club in October of that year.
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