Lucas Leiva said Monday he hoped Liverpool's future ownership would be sorted out as soon as possible so the players could turn their full focus on improving the team's plight on the pitch.
Liverpool's major creditor, the Royal Bank of Scotland, is going through legal channels to stop the club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett from trying to block its sale, with the case beginning in the High Court on Tuesday.
The off-field wrangles at Anfield are proving a distraction to the team, which is currently languishing in the Premier League's relegation zone after seven games.
''I think not just us, but everyone else (wishes the takeover is sorted quickly),'' Brazil midfielder Lucas said.
''But we, the players, don?t have the power to decide anything. We just have to improve on the pitch. We have just to wait and see what happens.''
Liverpool, which is England's most successful club side having won 18 league titles and five European Cups, has made its worst start to a league season in 57 years.
Roy Hodgson, hired as manager in the offseason, hasn't been able to lift the morale of the players, who have stumbled from one bad result to another in the opening 10 weeks of the campaign.
Lucas, who has not been a regular under Hodgson, is backing the former Fulham manager to turn the team's fortunes around.
''He has proved already he has the qualities to succeed,'' Lucas told reporters after Brazil's 2-0 win against Ukraine in Derby. ''He is telling us to believe in the squad and believe in his work and thinking. He is trying to work on the shape of the team, which is different to last season.
''Everyone is under pressure at the moment because we are not doing well in the Premier League. We just have to battle and make up the difference.''
Liverpool's first league game after the international break is on Sunday against Merseyside rival Everton, which is one place higher in the table.
