New England Sports Ventures (NESV), the parent company of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, have seen a £300million bid accepted by the Anfield board.
But current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett failed in a boardroom coup to foil the bid and a court judgement will be needed to resolve the issue.
Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton hopes this will come in the next week, while the Premier League have indicated they could grant their approval as early as Friday.
Defender Carragher believes the takeover would be a good move for the club and hopes it will happen as soon as possible so the focus can return to the pitch, where Roy Hodgson's side are in the relegation zone.
He told Liverpoolfc.tv: "Everyone knows it'll be a good thing for the club.
"Hopefully it will be sorted sooner rather than later and we can start looking forward on the pitch and start improving results, which is what we need to do."
Meanwhile, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber believes the Premier League outfit will be in good hands if Red Sox owner John W Henry succeeds in his takeover bid.
While Reds fans may fear swapping one set of American owners for another, Garber insists Henry, principal owner of NESV, has a good track record.
Speaking at the Leaders in Football conference in London, he said: "They (NESV) have a tremendously robust understanding of the sports business and how to protect and enhance the legacy of the historic brand.
"That's in essence what they have done with the ownership of the Red Sox. There is something called the Red Sox Nation, a brand supported by fans going back generations, similar to Liverpool supporters.
"The ownership has not only graced that but enhanced it, they have enhanced and renovated the stadium, they have brought modern technology to improve the fans experience.
"They have put championship teams on the field and managed their enterprise with an eye to profitability, so they are tremendous pro-sports team owners."
Hicks and Gillett also own or have owned baseball and ice hockey franchises in the USA but Garber believed they could not be compared with Henry.
He added: "I can't speak for the difference between Gillett and Hicks and John Henry and his partners.
"But if you are a sports fan in the USA, pick two or three of the most revered and successful clubs in our nation's sporting history and the Red Sox are one of them.
"I don't know if you could say the same about the teams owned by Mr Gillett and Mr Hicks."
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