Arabs eye £500m Liverpool buy-out

[Rocket]

At this precise moment in time, I am desperate for DIC. Arf.

My opinion of the Americans is so low that I'd take Dick & Dom ahead of those two.

in da bungalow?

[Harv]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

The other reason im eager for DIC to takeover is due the fact that Parry will be the first one out the door.

Parry has ****ed us over too many times

[Rocket]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

i wouldn't

[dww]

People seem to think that sheik Mo and Dic are seperate.......... no DIC is sheik Mo's personal plaything

He owns Dubai FFS

But DIC isn't his plaything - that's the point. It is a money making venture - I'm not convinced he gains great personal pleasure from his ownership of Travel Lodge.

He has the money and if he wanted to we could be a personal play thing. Possibly we might even become so if DIC were the vehicle he used to buy us. However looking at it realistically he wouldn't have used his business arm to buy us if he wasn't looking to run it as a business - he would have bought it personally.

That isn't to say thatthe greater financial power behind the move wouldn't have made the finances easier for us or have had a bigger initial investment in the team just that it would all, in the end have come out of the business in the future. This model seems to be working fine for United though - so the fear of it seems equally foolish to me as the ludicrous desire to have a takeover on terms we know nothing about.

[Guest]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

The other reason im eager for DIC to takeover is due the fact that Parry will be the first one out the door.

Parry has ****ed us over too many times

[tomasjj]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

The other reason im eager for DIC to takeover is due the fact that Parry will be the first one out the door.

Parry has ****ed us over too many times

h:

[Flake]

depends if they are in the illuminati

Nice Avatar by the way.

I`m in Opus Dei,we`d kick your asses.

You're just unknowing dupes of the real power...

Principia Discordia

[Harv]

Im talking about over Hicks and Gillett....not DIC

[Guest]

Im talking about over Hicks and Gillett....not DIC

I know mate, but Thaksin. Surely, with all the speculation surrounding him, he should have never been considered in the first place. Money isn't the be all and end all. We're LFC.

[Dhav]

I agree with Harvey's sentiments actually. As things stand I'd sooner Thakshin than these two duplicitous, two-faced scum bags, As Harvey says, at least he backs his manager, and doesn't work behind his back to undermine him and push him out the door.

[Chrono]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

I assume that's a joke. If not you should be ashamed.

[dww]

I'd take Thaksin over these ****s.

Amnesty International or not, at least the little ******* backs his manager to the hilt.

The other reason im eager for DIC to takeover is due the fact that Parry will be the first one out the door.

Parry has ****ed us over too many times

I agree with Harvey's sentiments actually. As things stand I'd sooner Thakshin than these two duplicitous, two-faced scum bags, As Harvey says, at least he backs his manager, and doesn't work behind his back to undermine him and push him out the door.

I think it is a sad day when we say we would rather have an owner with a dubious human rights record than one who makes tactless statements to the press.

[carlton]

Just passing on info that a poster on RAWK reckons that the loan will go thru from the RBS but only to cover what they already owe so no extra funds. Seems odd if true as they need to start building the stadium asap.

[Harv]

I know mate, but Thaksin. Surely, with all the speculation surrounding him, he should have never been considered in the first place. Money isn't the be all and end all. We're LFC.

Just shows what i think of these Americans mate.

Thaksin's dodgy as they get. But he has backed Sven 100%. He clearly knows where his place is, and gives Sven total control.

Man City will overtake us if we arn't careful. They have a bigger stadium and an owner willing to spend for his manager.

Its a real shame that football has become this way......but it has, and we have to roll with the punches or we will never win #19

[Jayesh87]

Liverpool in limbo as Dubai group pull out of Anfield deal
By Nick Harris
Published: 01 February 2007

Liverpool's plans to become a debt-free club in a new stadium under the ownership of one of the world's richest men lay in tatters last night after Dubai International Capital sensationally withdrew from advanced talks about a £450m takeover package in disgust at the club's handling of its offer.

That leaves the American entrepreneur, George Gillett Jnr, in pole position to take over at Anfield. The details of his bid have yet to be made public, but Liverpool's current shareholders will certainly make more money personally from selling to him. His willingness to fund a new stadium and his ability to invest in the club or players is less clear.

A Liverpool spokesman said: "There is a process under way with Mr Gillett Jnr, and a decision can be expected in the next few days." The DIC deal was all but signed. DIC and Liverpool had already agreed the wording of a joint statement to announce the takeover next Monday.

But after a meeting between Liverpool's chairman and majority shareholder, David Moores, and a group of other shareholders and board members on Tuesday evening, Liverpool decided to reconsider another offer from Gillett. Having made a verbal agreement with DIC, Liverpool effectively opened the floor for a bidding war, one that may yet go down in history as one of the costliest own goals in the club's history.

DIC was not informed that Tuesday's meeting would discuss Gillett Jnr. This infuriated DIC executives, who tried but failed to find out what was happening, and they made a unilateral decision to pull the plug on Liverpool yesterday.

DIC had offered £4,500 per share for Liverpool's stock, which is 51.1 per cent owned by Moores, in a deal worth £157m to shareholders. In addition it promised to write off the club's £80m debt and build the new £200m Stanley Park stadium, with work due to start as early as March. Moores would have been guaranteed a role as honorary president while the chief executive Rick Parry's job would also have been safe. DIC sources had also made it clear substantial transfer funds would have been made available.

Gillett Jnr has apparently offered £5,000 per share, meaning an extra £17m in total into shareholders' pockets, including an extra £8.5m for Moores. Although he has said previously that he wants to share a stadium with Everton, he has given written assurances that a ground-share is not in his plans. No timetable is in place. No detail about debt-clearance or transfer funds has been made public. Nor has Gillett Jnr made it clear how his bid would be funded. Loading Liverpool with debt, as Malcolm Glazer has done at Manchester United, is an option.

It is understood that Moores came under pressure from "minor shareholders" (who own almost 49 per cent of the club) to consider the bigger cash offer for them.

DIC's chief executive, Sameer Al Ansari, a Liverpool fan, said: "We are very disappointed. DIC is a serious investor with considerable resources. After a huge amount of work, we proposed a deal that would provide the club with the funds it needs."

DIC is an offshoot of the business empire controlled by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is worth £10bn and has family assets of double that.