Granada news

[kurtangle01]

Say that the Gillett deal will be annonced to the stock exchange tomorrow after succesful talks today.

Mods, feel free to merge this thread with one of the many others if you wish.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

I wont get excited till he has signed it over and that we foam a new ownership

[bazza76]

Granada? news.
Thanks for passing it on Kurt, I will be glad to see the end of the investment talk, even if yanks are taking over.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

I will be glad to see the end of the investment talk, even if yanks are taking over.

Amen

[kurtangle01]

Granada? news.
Thanks for passing it on Kurt, I will be glad to see the end of the investment talk, even if yanks are taking over.

It's the ITV version of the North West News and their company also has shares in Liverpool so they should know a thing or 2.

[AFII]

The deal is done then.



Granada wouldn't be allowed to say something like this if the deal isn't 100% done and dusted.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

But this will just be for Moores' shareholding. The 51%.

They still have to buy the rest.

Just waiting for that arsehole Morgan to drag his heels in.

[kurtangle01]

Just waiting for that arsehole Morgan to drag his heels in.

You just know that it'll happen.

[AFII]

The £470million takeover of Liverpool by two American tycoons could go through as early as Tuesday.

Further progress was been made on the offer made by George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who both own NHL teams, and an announcement is expected within the next couple of days.

If all the details are tied up in time, the club could even announce to the Stock Exchange on Tuesday that chairman David Moores has agreed to sell his majority shareholding to the Americans.

Hicks, who also owns the Texas Rangers baseball team, joined forces with Gillett to gazump rival bidders Dubai International Capital last week.

Arrangements over the future of Liverpool's new stadium appear to have clinched the deal. Not only has Hicks built up a reputation for developing state-of-the-art stadia for his teams, but the duo have now guaranteed that Liverpool's new Stanley Park ground would not be shared with other teams.

In Gillett's original approach, when he was considering a solo takeover, he had indicated he wanted a ground-share arrangement to cut costs and maximise income.

Hicks and Gillett will split the £470million cost of taking over the club on a 50-50 basis, with around £255million going to buy the shareholding and take over the £80million debt, and a further £215million on the stadium.

When the takeover goes through it will mean Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa are all in American hands.

Malcolm Glazer, owner of American football's (NFL) Tampa Bay Buccaneers, owns United and Randy Lerner, owner of NFL's Cleveland Browns, bought Aston Villa last year.


http://www.sportinglife.com/football...&TEAMHD=soccer

[RedWolverine]

Just been speaking to someone who works for the offical web site and they said expect some news tomorrow about the take over.

[blacky]

Fingers crossed this saga is now coming to an end

[Lecter]

BBC North West news are reporting the same thing

Announcement to the stock exchange expected tomorrow with just a few minor details left to be ironed out

They even went so far as to say the announcement to the SE might be as early as 7.30 am UK time

[Lucky]

Any news about when our board are meeting anyone?

[Endless Dream]

according to a very reliable poster on another forum, gillet & hicks have a 'top top' sponsor lined up for us, so marketing is already improving!

[Red Chilli]

according to a very reliable poster on another forum, gillet & hicks have a 'top top' sponsor lined up for us, so marketing is already improving!

The first significant improvement.