Dubai International to make bid for Liverpool FC

[Red_Al_77]

Right, I think they are gone.
Hicks & Gillett's working situation at Liverpool is now unworkable. None of their sons will be able to come to Liverpool and work in peace, and neither of them will be able to come to Liverpool to even watch a game.
Only a matter of time now. I am sure both Gillett and Hicks realise this.

Disagree. Hicks will negotiate a new loan and then speak from a position of strength. If DIC want this then they are gonna have to put serious money on the table. The only hope in the short term is if HICKS cannot negotiate new finance.

[Red_Al_77]

I was absolutely certain their corporate head office is in London and it certainly is for this kind of investment banking anyway. This page seems to confirm it:

http://www.rbsmarkets.com/psp/public...=public_office

Go and ask someone in RBS of senior managerial level where they take their clients. The corporate office being in London means nowt.

[Sarb]

Disagree. Hicks will negotiate a new loan and then speak from a position of strength. If DIC want this then they are gonna have to put serious money on the table. The only hope in the short term is if HICKS cannot negotiate new finance.

Some journos have said that RBS will encourage Hicks to take the offer from DIC as well though. Makes no sense for RBS to lend to these goons. They can't repay the £30m p.a. Liverpool just doesn't earn that kind of cash

****ing annoying that these two gimps didn't even pay for Babel, Torres etc. All done via loans. It's a joke how Moores and Parry sold to these ****s in the first place. ****ing any of us could have bought Liverpool if we had a decent business plan

[Joe King]

David Dein as CEO? Surely not. The guy bleeds Arsenal and wants to be part of Usmanov's board in the future.

He would be a massive improvement on Parry.

[Red_Al_77]

Some journos have said that RBS will encourage Hicks to take the offer from DIC as well though. Makes no sense for RBS to lend to these goons. They can't repay the £30m p.a. Liverpool just doesn't earn that kind of cash

****ing annoying that these two gimps didn't even pay for Babel, Torres etc. All done via loans. It's a joke how Moores and Parry sold to these ****s in the first place. ****ing any of us could have bought Liverpool if we had a decent business plan

The RBS have already lent. Why would the RBS encourage HICKS to take an offer. If he defaults then they own the club and then they will profit from any sale not HICKS.

[Joe King]

Ben, don't take any notice of that post I made re:Radar's source

It's from football rumours

OK, just looking at the possibilities.

[IlikeBacon]

Probably my one and only bit of slightly inside information and dont think its anything people dont know already.

But anyway I was speaking to someone at work today, who knows someone fairly high up in a bank in the states. His impression was that Hicks is an idiot and that they will struggle to get the new loans.

[Fagan]

With all the crap going on in the money markets today does anyone think theirs a chance that the
Royal bank of Scotland could review the situation and say the risk is to great and add more stipulations or is it to late for that?

[Red Chilli]

Probably my one and only bit of slightly inside information and dont think its anything people dont know already.

But anyway I was speaking to someone at work today, who knows someone fairly high up in a bank in the states. His impression was that Hicks is an idiot and that they will struggle to get the new loans.

Yes, they already are, for several reasons.Thanks for passing on

[Red Chilli]

With all the crap going on in the money markets today does anyone think theirs a chance that the
Royal bank of Scotland could review the situation and say the risk is to great and add more stipulations or is it to late for that?

[Guest]

And for the record, to say that Bascombe doesn't know anything, is deluding themselves. It's not like having a scoop, but simply some media propaganda bandwagon instigated by people within the board (and with the backing of DIC) to try and undermine the 2 americans.

[Armchairkopite]

Disagree. Hicks will negotiate a new loan and then speak from a position of strength. If DIC want this then they are gonna have to put serious money on the table. The only hope in the short term is if HICKS cannot negotiate new finance.

Well i think a lot of the press stuff has indicated the refinancing to be key to the whole thing but we have a number of factors in our favour

1- DIC are prepared to hand G+H a tidy profit after only twelve months.
2. If they do take out the loan on the club they will have lied to the fans and other boardroom members again making them even more unpopular.
3. They will struggle to finance a manager at the top end of the transfer market due to the huge debt hence increasing the chances of us finishing outside the Champions league positions which in turn would cause a financial meltdown.
4. G+H have a strained relationship already do they really want the hassle of dealing with each other in the long term?

There are even more reasons and the more i think about it a take over is imminent.Please God.

[Armchairkopite]

[QUOTE=exmouth red;908013]With all the crap going on in the money markets today does anyone think theirs a chance that the
Royal bank of Scotland could review the situation and say the risk is to great and add more stipulations or is it to late for that?[/QUOTE

The bank will do whats best for the bank you can be sure of that

[stevie_gerrard_8]

I dont like the owners, but you cant call Hicks stupid. He could walk away with a £50m profit. He is a businessman and is running LFC as a business.

[dawmdt]

DIC aren't a client, and why the hell would RBS be discussing details of another clients loan with DIC. Certainly not before the 18th Feb. People are barking up the wrong tree.

Yes they are, DIC and RBS have done business in the past. Maybe not a client on this matter, but they are a client.