Wads of dollars and Euros!!!!!

[mick the click]

On SSN, when asked how they intend to take Liverpool forward, George got a wad of $$$ and Euros out and stuck them in the pocket of his jacket 'I expect there'll be some of this.....' he said.

[DannyMan2006]

On SSN, when asked how they intend to take Liverpool forward, George got a wad of $$$ and Euros out and stuck them in the pocket of his jacket 'I expect there'll be some of this.....' he said.

Seen it, quality!

Did go onto say that it wasn't about superstars, but about getting the right player. Said Rafa had a plan and that they all agreed with it.

More nice talk, but we're in a results business so I'll not get to excited just yet. Nice for us all to be talking about big signings though.

[Chrono]

Lack of class and the first time I haven't loved their words/actions.

[DannyMan2006]

Lack of class and the first time I haven't loved their words/actions.

Come on, they were only having a laugh! When they were serious they said the right things. Anyhow they were totally right.

All the clubs that win things nowdays spend big money.

[mick the click]

Lack of class and the first time I haven't loved their words/actions.

I know what you mean - but they were having a laugh - and they did follow it by talking a lot of sense.

[Chrono]

I know what you mean - but they were having a laugh - and they did follow it by talking a lot of sense.

Fair enough, I didn't see it and was just going on what was said.

Danny mate, would you be saying the same thing if it was Abramovich or Glazer doing that?

[Mumsafan]

I agree with Max.

They are beginning to annoy me.

[DannyMan2006]

Fair enough, I didn't see it and was just going on what was said.

Danny mate, would you be saying the same thing if it was Abramovich or Glazer doing that?

Point taken, but I only stuck up for them cos they weren't being arrogant about it.

[Chrono]

Point taken, but I only stuck up for them cos they weren't being arrogant about it.

And they're our own rich arrogant b'stards

[Jazzmaster]

I agree with Max.

They are beginning to annoy me.

Me too. I hate fcukers who buy top class players for the club and fund the building of our new 80,000 seater stadium. The cheek of it!

[bazza76]

Liverpool's American owners savor atmosphere of Champions League final
CHRIS LEHOURITES
Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece - American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. never imagined this when they bought Liverpool in March - their team playing for Europe's biggest club soccer title with thousands of red-shirted fans singing and partying all over central Athens.

"There's no way either of my two teams' fans have the level of intense passion that Liverpool has," said Hicks, who also owns baseball's Texas Rangers and hockey's Dallas Stars. "I want them to. Hopefully some day they will."

Throngs of Liverpool fans descended on the Greek capital with and without tickets for Wednesday night's Champions League final against AC Milan, hoping to see the Reds win their sixth European Cup title.

Hicks and Gillett, who owns the Montreal Canadiens, took over full control of the 18-time English champions in March. Now they are in Athens to savor the atmosphere of one of soccer's greatest nights.

"If Liverpool wins in our first year as owners, it'll be a fairy tale," said Hicks, wearing a white Liverpool shirt and carrying a printout of his hockey team's latest news under his arm.

The owners may be lucky to have gotten in at the right time, but the team played well to reach the final of Europe's biggest club tournament, and that is not lost on Hicks and Gillett.

The idea now is to keep winning, even in the Premier League. Liverpool finished third in the English league this season, 21 points behind champion Manchester United and 15 behind second-place Chelsea.

"We are passionate about winning in our lives and our families," said Gillett, whose Canadiens are one of the most successful sports franchises in the world. "We want to be regularly competing for the Premiership and the Champions League."

That will be good news to the millions of Liverpool supporters all over the world.

"The fans are smart. The fans can sense that George and I want exactly what they want," Hicks said.

And that is trophies.

Ken Plumpton, a 36-year-old bank manager from Cheshire, England, wearing a bright red Liverpool shirt, is more than happy with that attitude.

"As long as they look after the club, that's all anyone wants," Plumpton said. "It suits me fine."

Hicks and Gillett do plan to invest money into the club to buy more players, but stress that it's manager Rafa Benitez who is creating the team.

"His plan will include buying some players," Hicks said. "So far he's doing exactly as we want him to do."

Gillett added: "And we support him."

Benitez has already won one Champions League trophy with Liverpool, leading the Reds to the title in 2005 despite trailing 3-0 at halftime against Milan.

"They seem to have complete faith in Rafa Benitez," said Karen Owen, a 37-year-old civil servant from Liverpool. "If he says he wants a player, they'll get that player."

The money and another European title will both be positive steps toward a winning attitude at the club, and a planned new stadium won't hurt either.

"It's going to be the most unique and I think the finest stadium ever built in the world," Hicks said. "It will give us the revenue to get more."

And that can only help in the competitive - and lucrative - game of English soccer.

Between future transfers and the new stadium, it all sounds very positive.

[Bob]

Me too. I hate fcukers who buy top class players for the club and fund the building of our new 80,000 seater stadium. The cheek of it!

If they do that they can be as wanky as possible. Could be worse, we could have that media-whore Ken Bates.

Personally all this, "money no object talk" is billy big balls and it wont impress Rafa... Chairmen up and down Europe will love dealing with us in the summer.

Expect us to pay 20% more thanks to all this talk... great acumen lads.

[Jayesh87]

I agree with Max.

They are beginning to annoy me.

Have you seen the interview?

It was done in a jokey way while they were praising Rafa

[alunevans]

A bit mouthy?

They've not said anything wrong or anything, but I'd kind of like the new owners to begin to lower their profile a bit personally.

They're in the media an awful lot aren't they. I hope they start to pull back a little once they settle in.

The one thing I genuinely liked about Moores' style was that he kept out of the spotlight. I hope the new owners start being more limited in how accessible they are to the press.

To be fair, we've needed to see them at first so we can know who they are. I'd say they've won us over now and its time to just get on with the job of helping to make us great, and letting the actions speak for themselves.

[Mumsafan]

I said this in a couple of other threads about them. I agree with you.