LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Vodafone has met withanalysts and investors this week to calm fears it could make amulti-billion dollar takeover bid for Europe's biggest cablecompany Liberty Global, according to people present.
Shares in Vodafone fell on Monday after people familiar withthe situation said the world's second-biggest mobile operatorwas considering its options in Britain, which could include anacquisition of Liberty.
Redburn analyst Nick Delfas, who attended a presentationfrom Vodafone Chief Executive Vittorio Colao earlier this week,said in a note he thought it would be too hard for the two sidesto agree financial terms.
"Vodafone is highly rational about M&A and does not need todo anything," Delfas said. "We don't think they would look atSky or TalkTalk either."
He also noted that Colao had said he may not be interestedin some of the assets owned by Liberty.
Vodafone has been considering its options after broadbandleader BT Group revealed it was in parallel talks to buyeither EE or Telefonica's 02.Vodafone has also been discussing its options to help launch itsown consumer broadband offering in Britain.
Shares in Liberty were down 1.5 percent at 1817 GMT.
Vodafone declined to comment. (Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Mark Potter)