Curbs warns Gillet and Hicks

Hicks and Gillet have had quite public spats with their manager and it was recently revealed by Hicks that they had approached German Jurgen Klinsmann with a view to replacing Benitez.

Speaking to Sky Sports News ahead of Liverpool's visit to the Boleyn Ground Curbsihley said, "What is happening now - in the atmosphere we have got in the Premier League with new owners appearing every month - is that perhaps they are not really up on the way football is and the traditions, and the way to perhaps conduct yourself.

"I am sure they are learning. A loose comment here and a loose comment there can make a big difference."