Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, will meet members of the Liverpool fans' group Spirit of Shankly tomorrow to discuss the criteria for the fit-and-proper-person test that allowed Tom Hicks and George Gillett to buy the club and run up debts of £350m.

Spirit of Shankly has petitioned the Premier League for a meeting amid growing concerns at Liverpool's rising debt under the American co-owners and their failure to deliver on promises to begin work on a new stadium "within 60 days" of their takeover in February 2007.

James McKenna, a spokesperson for Spirit of Shankly, said: "The Premier League have a duty to run the game properly, to regulate it and make sure it is protected. However, they don't seem to take this duty seriously, allowing the debts at Liverpool to pile up, with owners who are far from fit and proper. Sadly we aren't the only club this is happening to, it is happening to many others, and the fans are the ones left to fight for their clubs.

"We would like the Premier League to better protect clubs and put in place regulation that stops what has happened with Hicks and Gillett from happening all over again. It isn't right or proper that a club should pay for its owners to actually own them, and it isn't proper for the future and the finances of a club to be put in jeopardy for the sake of business and making a profit. Those in charge need to act, and they need to act now, before it's all too late."