Lawro: It's a laughing stock

"Liverpool need to sort out their mess as quickly as possible for the good of the club," he said in his column for the Daily Post. "We've all been banging on about this for ages but now it's the end of the season, there's no excuses.

"Benitez needs money to spend but doesn't know who to ask for it. The club needs its owners to get together to resolve their differences but they won't speak to each other.

"Hicks says its business as usual, Gillett says no, it's not because we're going to buy you out. It's a shambles - a laughing stock!"