LIVERPOOL, England - Liverpool's bickering American co-owners sat together at Anfield on Tuesday for the first time this season as their English football team hosted Arsenal in the Premier League.

Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. have been at odds over the direction of the club for much of the last two seasons. Tuesday's visit came as a July deadline approaches to refinance the loan that funded their takeover of Liverpool two years ago.

Also in the directors' box was Amanda Staveley, who was the chief negotiator for last year's failed takeover bid by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Staveley negotiated the Abu Dhabi United Group's buyout of Manchester City last year.

Hicks and Gillett have been assessing their personal financial situations amid the global economic crisis.

Gillett has appointed financial advisers to explore a recapitalization of his assets, which could include the sale of the Montreal Canadiens. And Hicks' company that owns the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars has defaulted on about US $525 million in loans.