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    Kop Yanks to be run out of town next month

    EXCLUSIVE
    By Martin Lipton Chief Football Writer 14/02/2008
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    Liverpool are poised to change hands again - by the middle of next month - as the club's US owners close in on a double-your-money offer from Dubai.

    Despite denials from Tom Hicks and George Gillett, Mirror Sport understands that an outline agreement to transfer ownership of the Anfield giants to Dubai International Capital is in the pipeline.

    Sources in New York have confirmed that a £460million deal with DIC - the Dubai government's financial arm and headed by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum - is now on the verge of conclusion. Anfield fans will rejoice at the news that the two Americans' ill-starred reign is ending after a series of protests in recent weeks over their treatment of boss Rafa Benitez.

    Supporters have demanded a sale to DIC, who were jilted at the end of 2006 when the Liverpool board wrongly believed the deal with the Americans would safeguard the interests of the club. Hicks is expected to stay as part of the new club directorate in the immediate aftermath of the sale.

    The effective sale price is nowhere near the ambitious £1billion valuation Mirror Sport exclusively revealed was put on the club by Hicks in November. He and Gillett paid just £219m to take control of Liverpool from David Moores a year ago.

    One insider said: "These talks are still ongoing. Tom and George want to make sure they get the right price for giving up the club."

    Despite leaving Liverpool with a £350m debt, they will be able to walk away having made a substantial profit.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/02/14/kop-yanks-to-be-run-out-of-town-next-month-89520-20318853/
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    #2
    Wohoo!
    Another wakfest coming up.

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      #3
      i'll believe it when i see it.
      "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

      "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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        #4
        Good news if it's true of course.. This might explain Hicks's comment about taking a more active role (by staying on after the sale as a Director)..

        IMO this has more creedence than anything that has gone before... Fingers crossed this is the begining of the end regarding the **** of the past 12 months...

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          #5
          Can someone explain to me why Hicks would be kept on as a director?
          Dare we believe

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            #6
            Originally posted by blacky View Post
            Can someone explain to me why Hicks would be kept on as a director?
            It does say "immediate aftermath" which suggests that it would be a temporary arrangement. Probably something to do with Hicks' stadium. I think all parties know that Hicks isn't welcome and wouldn't be the best thing to announce to us lot after everything that has happened, unless it's a short term arrangement.
            Gillett and Hicks are cunts

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              #7
              Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

              Of course, DIC dont want to make a profit, they are coming for the love of our club.

              My Arse they are, in 6 months it will be nop different, apart from someone new to hate.
              Those that hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
              Those that killed her, were following the law.

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                #8
                Originally posted by kev776 View Post
                Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

                Of course, DIC dont want to make a profit, they are coming for the love of our club.

                My Arse they are, in 6 months it will be nop different, apart from someone new to hate.

                All you have to do is look at DIC's track record in business and you know we are in safe hands
                Dare we believe

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                  #9
                  Great news.It's got to be happening.I am really convinced that DIC will be in control pretty soon.

                  No smoke without fire?

                  Seems like the largest chimney in the world smouldering over us for last 2 months!
                  -----------------------------------------------

                  'Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.'

                  Bill Shankly.

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                    #10
                    Light in the tunnel is very very very close and bye bye messy situation, bye bye 2 new owners !!!!

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                      #11
                      Wonderful, they pay more money which in investment terms, means outlay for additional players looks will be less attractive.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by kev776 View Post
                        Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

                        Of course, DIC dont want to make a profit, they are coming for the love of our club.

                        My Arse they are, in 6 months it will be nop different, apart from someone new to hate.
                        Of course they want to make money, and that`s OK.
                        Hopefully they`ll set up the loans so that it doesn`t effect the club as much.
                        Blank

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by kev776 View Post
                          Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

                          Of course, DIC dont want to make a profit, they are coming for the love of our club.

                          My Arse they are, in 6 months it will be nop different, apart from someone new to hate.
                          I hear what you are saying Kev, but we cant be any worse off under DIC than we are currently surely?

                          As for keeping Hicks on as a director I cant see the logic in that myself?!?

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                            #14
                            The Daily Mirror has a little bit more crdibility than the NOWT and S*N, therefore worth building some hope. Let’s hope that this nightmare comes to an end we all wake up feeling positive about our beloved club and future prospects for no 19, 20, 21, 22 etc etc.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by kev776 View Post
                              Great, out of the frying pan and into the fire.

                              Of course, DIC dont want to make a profit, they are coming for the love of our club.

                              My Arse they are, in 6 months it will be nop different, apart from someone new to hate.
                              That's a chance I'm willing to take, the future under the Yanks doesn't look well, I can't understand why some people are willing to take that chance, Hicks has an awful history in sports, really really awful, in fact so awful that it's debatable that he has actually been the worst owner in sports in recent years.
                              * The above is posted in my opinion. Feel free to disagree.

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