Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr, the current co-owners, said on Wednesday, that they will resist both the bid from New England Sports Ventures, which owns the Red Sox, and a separate bid from Asia.
Hicks and Gillett said the Boston bid - and one from an unidentified Asian investor - "dramatically undervalue'' the 18-time English champions.
Martin Broughton, the Liverpool chairman, said the Red Sox owners have offered to pay $477 million, which is only likely to cover the debts and bank charges stemming from the leveraged 2007 takeover by Hicks and Gillett.
Hicks and Gillett own all the shares in Liverpool, but the American offer was accepted by the three non-owner board members: Broughton - who was hired by Hicks and Gillett in April to sell the club - plus Christian Purslow, the managing director and Ian Ayre, the commerical director.
The Premier League said it should be ready to approve the takeover by Friday.
Court challenge
Broughton is set to go to court next week to reinforce his authority over the sale and challenge the owners' attempts to remove Purslow and Ayre from the board. Broughton said he expects the sale to be completed in about a week.
Broughton said Hicks and Gillett have "flagrantly abused'' written undertakings made to Royal Bank of Scotland, which holds the bulk of Liverpool's debt.
"We need to go to the court to ... declare that we did act validly incompleting the sale agreement, and then the buyers can complete the sale," he said.
Liverpool is one of four Premier League clubs under American ownership, along with Manchester United, Aston Villa and Sunderland. The most prominent American owners are Malcolm Glazer and his sons, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who took over Manchester United in 2005 in a leveraged buyout worth $1.4 billion.
Hicks wants to sell Liverpool for about $954 million, a figure that has forced several investors to end their interest. The owners bought the club for $276 million, taking on $71 million of liabilities.
"The owners have invested more than $270 million in cash into the club," Hicks and Gillett said in a statement.
"And during their tenure, revenues have nearly doubled, investment in players has increased and the club is one of the most profitable in the [Premier League].
"As such, the board has been presented with offers that we believe dramatically undervalue the club.
"To be clear, there is no change in our commitment to finding a buyer for Liverpool Football Club at a fair price that reflects the very significant investment we've made. We will, however, resist any attempt to sell the club without due process or agreement by the owners.''
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