Hicks "wants to sell up"

[Red Chilli]

AFII, i don't think i've ever seen you type more bull**** into a thread.

so paying 5 times over the odds for liverpool, would make DIC prove they are not just in it for the money? no, it would prove they were ****ing stupid. They'd be giving money to Americans which could be easily spent on transfers.

[Sir Bob]

Also Parry & Hicks have been very quick to deny the whole thing. People tend to be much quicker to deny things that are true than they are when theres no substance to it.

Not having a go here Mr 09, but if you apply that logic to the Rafa situation it rather undermines a lot of your posts regarding his future, just a thought.

Fair point mate.

I think i'll change my original statement.
People tend to deny things quickly when theres no truth in it at all.

[desertscouser]

Sheikh waiting for Liverpool green light

I think this could be tribal's greatest piece of journalism yet. The quotes by fan no 1, no 2 and no 3 are absolute classics.


Sheikh waiting for Liverpool green light
tribalfootball.com - December 01, 2007

Dubai billionaire Sheikh Mohammed is waiting for the green light from Liverpool fans before trying to buy out US owner Tom Hicks.

As Mirror Sportrevealed yesterday, Hicks is considering selling his stake in the club.

And while City sources indicate Hicks has placed a valuation of £1billion on the club, there is interest from Sheikh Mohammed, head of the Dubai International Capital group.

Dic were in £450m takeover talks with Liverpool last year, before pulling out when the board held out for Hicks in a £219m deal.

Now the Sheikh - full name Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum - who is worth £7bn, is interested again and could be welcomed by fans who voiced their support for boss Rafa Benitez and their anger at the owners on websites yesterday.

"Both Yanks can XXXX off if they sack Rafa," said one fan, with another adding: "These cowboys have taken a massive loan to buy the club. Where is the bloody investment?"

And a third suggested: "It would have been better if we'd sold to the Dubai consortium."

[Alpha]

Fair point mate.

I think i'll change my original statement.
People tend to deny things quickly when theres no truth in it at all.

I've thought long and hard about this and come to the following conclusion.

If I was the billionnaire owner of a high-profile company and following a delicate and meticulous PR campaign, one of my employees put on a very public display of belligerence, I can't honestly say I would be in a hurry to re-assure anybody that his position is safe. Misunderstanding or not.

Whatever damage has been done to our club over the past week or two, a fair portion of the blame has to be attributed to Benitez and with hindsight, perhaps he would admit that himself.

In a couple of weeks, when the reconciliation is complete, rather than denouncing our owners for entertaining the possibility of dismissing our manager, perhaps we will owe them a debt of gratitude for giving him the benefit-of-the-doubt?

[Mattshark]

The possisble communication problem between Gillette,The Saudi`s and Rafa would worry me.

Three different nationalaities in three different time zones with added language problems cannot be a good idea.



I`d rather see either 100% ownership from the USA or Saudi Aribia but not 50% in each country.

I think the UAE may get pissed if you called them Saudi's.

[peekay]

I think this could be tribal's greatest piece of journalism yet. The quotes by fan no 1, no 2 and no 3 are absolute classics.


Sheikh waiting for Liverpool green light
tribalfootball.com - December 01, 2007

Dubai billionaire Sheikh Mohammed is waiting for the green light from Liverpool fans before trying to buy out US owner Tom Hicks.

As Mirror Sportrevealed yesterday, Hicks is considering selling his stake in the club.

And while City sources indicate Hicks has placed a valuation of £1billion on the club, there is interest from Sheikh Mohammed, head of the Dubai International Capital group.

Dic were in £450m takeover talks with Liverpool last year, before pulling out when the board held out for Hicks in a £219m deal.

Now the Sheikh - full name Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum - who is worth £7bn, is interested again and could be welcomed by fans who voiced their support for boss Rafa Benitez and their anger at the owners on websites yesterday.

"Both Yanks can XXXX off if they sack Rafa," said one fan, with another adding: "These cowboys have taken a massive loan to buy the club. Where is the bloody investment?"

And a third suggested: "It would have been better if we'd sold to the Dubai consortium."

Tomorrow on tribalfootball

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum has set up a poll on est1892 a popular fan site to see if he has got the green light from fans to buy Liverpool.

[Biff]

I think this could be tribal's greatest piece of journalism yet. The quotes by fan no 1, no 2 and no 3 are absolute classics.


Sheikh waiting for Liverpool green light
tribalfootball.com - December 01, 2007

Dubai billionaire Sheikh Mohammed is waiting for the green light from Liverpool fans before trying to buy out US owner Tom Hicks.

As Mirror Sportrevealed yesterday, Hicks is considering selling his stake in the club.

And while City sources indicate Hicks has placed a valuation of £1billion on the club, there is interest from Sheikh Mohammed, head of the Dubai International Capital group.

Dic were in £450m takeover talks with Liverpool last year, before pulling out when the board held out for Hicks in a £219m deal.

Now the Sheikh - full name Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum - who is worth £7bn, is interested again and could be welcomed by fans who voiced their support for boss Rafa Benitez and their anger at the owners on websites yesterday.

"Both Yanks can XXXX off if they sack Rafa," said one fan, with another adding: "These cowboys have taken a massive loan to buy the club. Where is the bloody investment?"

And a third suggested: "It would have been better if we'd sold to the Dubai consortium."

Fan1 = Dunk
Fan 2 = Ste
Fan 3 = RichT

[AFII]

The article is from the Mirror, so it should be the Mirror's greatest piece of journalism, not Tribals.

A little pedantic, I know.

[Morph]

The article is from the Mirror, so it should be the Mirror's greatest piece of journalism, not Tribals.

A little pedantic, I know.

was just going to post this, I was astounded when I read that in mirror, how that qualified for a news story i'll never know

[AFII]

was just going to post this, I was astounded when I read that in mirror, how that qualified for a news story i'll never know

Maybe Mr M could get a job there and quote two or three of our posts a day and present them as exclusive inside news.