Dubai International to make bid for Liverpool FC

[blacky]

I want to wake up in the morning and read "Hicks/Gillette Sell To DIC"

[The Erectile Banana]

I want to wake up in the morning and read "Hicks/Gillette Sell To DIC"

We can but pray blacky.

[5aq1b]

I want to wake up in the morning and read "Hicks/Gillette Sell To DIC"

[Kopite_Colin]

I just hope DIC step it up even further after tonight. Like I said I can't see G & H ever setting foot in Anfield again after that. The Kop won't back down and neither will the Americans. The only thing that will soften their exit will be the dollars in their pockets as they walk away.

[Jayesh87]

I want to wake up in the morning and read "Hicks/Gillette Sell To DIC"

They need tp make a bid first buddy

[TheRedDragon]

I want to wake up in the morning and read "Hicks/Gillette Sell To DIC"

As Much as I would love it too... It ain't happening... Hicks is a relentless ****er.... The minute Moores agreed to sell to these two tw@ts was the day LFC was sold to the DEVIL....

[Alpha]

As Much as I would love it too... It ain't happening... Hicks is a relentless ****er.... The minute Moores agreed to sell to these two tw@ts was the day LFC was sold to the DEVIL....

He is relentless but he will sell when he feels he has maximised his investment.

And circumstances seem to be conspiring against Hicks and Gillett to the extent that their best option might just be to accept DIC's offer.

[desertscouser]

Fredo, dont be fooled, Gillett is a cunt

The little gimp makes me cringe. He's Hicks's bitch. They're both as bad as each other.

[desertscouser]

Things are definitely happening.

I think DIC will be our new owners by the end of the season. I have no inside information to back that up but it's a gut feeling.

[copper]

I think DIC will be our new owners by the end of the season. I have no inside information to back that up but it's a gut feeling.

I think you're right, but I hope it doesn't take until the end of the season. The sooner we have a stable ownership (typed owner****, which I think was a most appropriate typo) situation, the better.

[Guest]

I think DIC will be our new owners by the end of the season. I have no inside information to back that up but it's a gut feeling.

I think it's unavoidable DS, unavoidable.

[Alpha]

I think it's inevitable DS, inevitable.

[kopdan]

Hicks and co to stay

imo

[Chris]

From The Times
January 22, 2008
Anfield red with rage at Tom Hicks


Liverpool fans show their support for a rescue plan from Dubai International Capital

Oliver Kay

A turbulent day at Anfield ended with renewed doubts over the troubled regime of Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr, but turmoil in the boardroom was followed last night by frustration for Liverpool on the pitch as it took a late goal from Peter Crouch to salvage a point in a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa at Anfield.

Liverpool had been on course to gloss over their off-field troubles, however briefly, after Yossi Benayoun gave them an early lead against Villa at Anfield, but a goal from Marlon Harewood and an own goal by Fábio Aurélio in the space of three minutes in the second half gave Villa a 2-1 lead. Crouch, a substitute, scored an equalising goal with two minutes remaining, but it leaves Liverpool fifth in the Barclays Premier League table, two points adrift of Everton and 14 points behind Manchester United, the leaders.

Despite the late goal, the result compounds Rafael BenÍtez’s problems at a time when his regime has been severely undermined by Hicks, the co-chairman. Hicks admitted eight days ago that he and Gillett had spoken to Jürgen Klinsmann with a view to securing “an insurance option” against the Spaniard’s departure and although the former Germany coach has since accepted an invitation to take charge of Bayern Munich next season, BenÍtez’s position would still appear untenable if the American tycoons are still in control of Liverpool come the summer.

Steven Gerrard underlined the pressure being felt at the club when he said: “As players we have a job to do on the pitch and we try to put it [the ownership issue] at the back of our minds but sometimes it’s impossible when it’s every day. It’s not just this week, it’s been going on for some time and it’s certainly not helping [the players]. I’ve got to be careful what I say but it’s certainly not helping the team.”

There were fresh indications last night that Hicks and Gillett may be forced to sell, with serious doubts over whether they can proceed with their £350 million plan to refinance the club. A harrowing day in the world financial markets yesterday is said to have raised even greater doubts about the feasibility of that plan, with Gillett understood to be keen either to sell up or to join forces with Dubai International Capital (DIC), who would then bid for the 50 per cent stake controlled by Hicks.

Hicks hoped to proceed today with the refinancing plan that would load the Americans’ debts on to the club and stabilise their position at Liverpool, at least in the short term, but there is growing doubt as to whether that deal, agreed in principle with Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia, will go through. Although Royal Bank of Scotland remain convinced that it will – albeit not today, as they had originally believed – sources in the City believe that the Americans’ regime is crumbling by the day.

Failure to secure a new loan by next month would open the door for the from back page club to be bought by DIC, the private equity investment arm of the Arab state. That would be the preferred option of many Liverpool fans – and of the club’s previous board, who accept that they erred in selling to the Americans, rather than DIC last February.

There were angry demonstrations at Anfield last night, with Liverpool fans voicing their anger towards Hicks and Gillett with a series of hostile chants, most of them unprintable.

“The fans want them out, unconditionally,” Kevin Sampson, of Reclaim The Kop said. “It’s as simple as that. They’re no good for us; no good for the club. As the world is seeing it right now, Liverpool is the most welcoming city and its people are the most generous hosts you are going to find anywhere. But cross us, and that’s that. We’re enemies, for life. Ask Kelvin Mackenzie [the former editor of The S*n, whose coverage of the Hillsborough disaster caused outrage on Merseyside]. Ask Margaret Thatcher.

“These two tried to capitalise on our good will and our unswerving love for this club. But they underestimated us badly, and badly underestimated our love for Rafa. The fans despise them as passionately as we hate any football rival – in fact, at the moment, it’s worse.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article3228582.ece

[Guest]

I've edited my post above !

Can we say inevitable ? Is it not straight from a french book ?