Hicks "wants to sell up"

[Lecter]

I thought the two owners disagreed on heaping their costs for buying LFC onto the club?
The stadium, ok. But their initial costs.

Perhaps they lied


Again

[AFII]

The club will be worth much more with the new stadium even if we have loaned the money.

Arsenal is now worth £700m-£800m for example. If you add that they have a lot of loans to pay then they would be worth over a billion without them.

The new stadium will increase the worth of the club very much.

[Rocket]

Its a private company they dont have to publicise the accounts

i don't think you're right fella

[Jayesh87]

The club will be worth much more with the new stadium even if we have loaned the money.

Arsenal is now worth £700m-£800m for example. If you add that they have a lot of loans to pay then they would be worth over a billion without them.

The new stadium will increase the worth of the club very much.

Hicks only owns 50%, no way will he get 1 billion

[Dhav]

i don't think you're right fella

Didn't Hicks and Gillett take the company private? Kop Ltd or whatever they were called?

[tomasjj]

Perhaps they lied


Again

Could well be.
There were rumours saying Gillett wanting to keep that promise and Hicks not bothered. All hearsay though, and best to be treated that way.

[AFII]

From and poster on RAWK

Just been to a dinner with Balague and Dermot Gallagher in Maghull.
Believe what you will but Guillem admitted the following in a Q and A session-

*The Americans are looking to get rid of Liverpool as quick as they can
* Rafa has a number 2 from within the club already lined up, it will not be Sammy Lee. Miller?
*We signed Torres because we couldn't afford Villa or Etoo, although he does think Torres is a great player
*Garcia left because he didin't want his son to be brought up in England
*He thinks we will win the league

Anyone who went to this tonight would add weight to my claims but I know what i heard. What you believe depends on your opinion of Balague

[AFII]

Hicks only owns 50%, no way will he get 1 billion

The article(s) said that Hicks values the club, not only his 50%, one billion.

[Rocket]

Didn't Hicks and Gillett take the company private? Kop Ltd or whatever they were called?

KOP FOOTBALL LIMITED

[Dhav]

KOP FOOTBALL LIMITED

[Manofthebog]

KOPTALK FOOTBALL LIMITED

[Lecter]

i don't think you're right fella

They have to be audited and accounts have to be submitted to Company House

Dont believe they have to be released to the public though at least not the FULL accounts anyway

Maybe just a balance sheet

[sonsofthedesert]

The Ltd bit mean that anyone can see at least a bsic version of accounts.

[sonsofthedesert]

The club will be worth much more with the new stadium even if we have loaned the money.

Arsenal is now worth £700m-£800m for example. If you add that they have a lot of loans to pay then they would be worth over a billion without them.

The new stadium will increase the worth of the club very much.

Unless they used magic last night to build it we don't have the new stadium yet so you can not say we are worth more money because of it.

[Steve001]

Some of the more observant members on here will notice that I don’t post much however I was having a quiet day and thought I would give it a go...

I tend to always try to cover my arse so I will say from the off that I might be wrong however, I would be very surprised if Hicks wanted to sell now, in future maybe but why now? This figure of 1 Billion of whatever currency may well be the projected value of the club going forward that has been presented to 'the city' during the ‘road show’ to raise funds for the stadium. When asked the question by a potential stadium funder, what do you think the value of the business (cos that’s what it is not matter what we think) is going forward, they would have had to show a projection and that is possibly where a figure has come from. We all know that the fund raising process has been going on, that’s a fact and we know from ‘joint press releases’ the GG & TH were a little peeved with Rafa’s public airing of views but I think it is hell of big jump to assume because of these two events that Hicks wants to sell. And the DIC connection might just be that they were approached to see if they would be interested in funding the stadium in some way, they are business people at the end of the day and what better people to go to borrow money from than people who already believe in the brand and have done their due diligence, so maybe DIC are or were courted in some capacity?
My guess is that our current owners will still be our owners in 12 months time and all things being equal, Rafa will still be our manager. That said, I could be wrong !