DIC have pulled out

[Gazmo1]

Gutted.

[Eth]

Rick Parry is on holiday in Butlins - wait til he gets back and it'll be sorted

[Endless Dream]

Typical LFC.

[MORPHEUS]

Seriously tho, did no one see something like this coming?

As soon as I saw Gillette linked with us again week before last, I thought it would spell bad news for the deal. So can't say i'm surprised this has happened, just annoyed.

The thing is - something prompted the new Gillet approach. Find out what and we'll understand. It didn't happen by tossing a coin or luck. Either someone on the Board (Morgan) was working against the Club - or maybe Gillet is just a very shrewd judge. Talk about throwing a grenade in. His business portfolio is absolutely massive - he's definitely no mug.

But just now nothing makes sense. No doubt at all - the Press will find the truth.

[Yozza]

"DIC saw this as business enterprise but Gillett has told Liverpool that they are a sports franchise and they know how to run sports operations"....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6318091.stm

[saveferris]

Such laughable reactions (and it's the same on 6CM), mainly because of a misconception of what DIC were all about.

Interesting thing to say. What are DIC all about then, and why is there a misconception?

[Tee]

Gutted.

Me too. DIC too. Moores too I hope.

If Gillette failed in his bid would he be gutted - **** no.

DIC are supporters of this club, so they are already one of us. Gillete is a businessman **** who probably does not even understand the offside rule.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Such laughable reactions (and it's the same on 6CM), mainly because of a misconception of what DIC were all about.

DIC say Liverpool board were unprofessional id believe that

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Typical LFC.

Aint that the truth

[enema of the state]

I don't even care. It's all old bollocks. We don't know what's going on and won't know until it's all over, if then. **** it, que sera sera.

[Finnish_Red]

This is going to drag on forever ain't it?

No, wait. It has already. So what else is new in the investment front? Zico?

[Howard_lfc]

DIC say Liverpool board were unprofessional id believe that

What? our board? unprofessional?
Surely not...........

Did Rafa know beforehand? Why the late flurry of cheap transfer activity?

[The incredible igor]

anybody know if there has been any official word from the club?

[Morph]

anybody know if there has been any official word from the club?

none yet

[Rosco]

Interesting thing to say. What are DIC all about then, and why is there a misconception?

People had grand ideas of a Sheik coming in and building us a stadium, buying us all the top stars in the world and guaranteeing that we'd win every tournament we entered (slight exagerration).

They were, from the beginning, looking at us as a money making objective. I've said this all along. They weren't going to plough huge sums of money into the club, they were in fact looking for other investors to put money in so they wouldn't be risking their own cash.

The idea was to increase our revenues, turn us into a highly profitable company and this last bit is very much IMO float us on the stock exchange to make their huge return.

I'm not disappointed they've decided to withdraw their offer, I was never keen on them from the beginning but I felt they were a necessary evil if we wanted a new stadium.