Dubai International to make bid for Liverpool FC

[disco]

Fair point, agree about the safety, and at least we're not expecting them to be massively generous with their money.... although we can always hope

[Vermilion]

If Gillette doesnt sign up to the new loan it could force a situation where Hicks might have to sell.

WOW, great great point, i was trying to think of a way that pressure could be applied to Hick's, even better if DIC jump into bed with Gillette to Oust Hick's. Come on GEORGE do the right thing, spanner, works, etc.

[Revo]

Fair point, agree about the safety, and at least we're not expecting them to be massively generous with their money.... although we can always hope

even without the money you always get a sense of integrity that the Dic people would bring

[blacky]

If DIC buy Hicks stake in the club it surely is the precursor to a full takeover. I can't see how a shared ownership would work with Gillette as he obviously cannot afford to be involved in the club.

[carlton]

I think the 'agreed' part means DIC themselves have agreed what their offer will be, it doesnt refer to Hicks having agreed to it. That's my understanding at least.

thats how i understand it too. DIC have agreed on the offer they will put to the Hick.

[Jayesh87]

I doubt that.

When they make their offer then the deal will more or less be done and dusted IMO.

Why did you have to go and jinx it for

[kris90210]

I dont quite understand how a partnership would work. On the one hand you have DIC - with almost limitless ammounts of money. And then on the other theres Gillett who is apparently struggling to meet his own loan repayments. DIC surely arent going to put in more money for transfers/the stadium than Gillett.

Confusing. But I want Hicks out as much as everyone else so Im hoping this happens.

[blacky]

What’s the appeal of DIC – would they definitely finance the stadium with their own money? If not, it’s no different. If so, is it actually MUCH different? There would still be ‘interest payments’ in the guise of DIC expecting a return from their investments.

I prefer the idea, but think I'd want to see their proposal

They would obviously finance the stadium with loans but against their own assetts I imagine

[el matador]

doesnt everyone think its odd that DIC have leaked this bid details to the press as normally everything is done very hush hush.

I think this might have to do with Hicks' reluctance to sell. I think DIC are asking for the fans support in persuading Hicks to sell his share. Do they want us to carry on with our protests and demonstrations etc or are they simply letting the fans know that they are on the case ?

[Dhav]

Fair point, agree about the safety, and at least we're not expecting them to be massively generous with their money.... although we can always hope

Not expecting that at all, wouldn't particularly want it either. I just want us to be competitive in the market with Man U and Chelsea, spend £40m - £50m in the summer transfer window, which even the likes of Sunderland are doing (and we currently aren't doing IMO), but I would hate to see us become like Chelsea a couple of years back and spending £90m in one summer and basically become a circus like them. That for me, is not football, and it's not Liverpool.

[AFII]

Suddenly our hope is down to one man, Gillett. Who would have thought that a few days ago?

[Jayesh87]

This is going to be another monster thread

[Roboklopp]

What’s the appeal of DIC – would they definitely finance the stadium with their own money? If not, it’s no different. If so, is it actually MUCH different? There would still be ‘interest payments’ in the guise of DIC expecting a return from their investments.

I prefer the idea, but think I'd want to see their proposal

Well, presently it cannot be much worse, but personally (& I may well be being naive here cos at the moment we really need somthing to cheer us up), I think that they will think on a bigger scale (being far richer) & be able to burden the risk whilst we grow into something really really profitable for them.

Obviously they are in it for the profit more than the prestige, but if they are able to make us siginifacntly more profitable than the Septics then it doesnt matter if they cream off some of that money, so long as they are also investing sufficient back into making us a higly succesful team.

[disco]

Not expecting that at all, wouldn't particularly want it either. I just want us to be competitive in the market with Man U and Chelsea, spend £40m - £50m in the summer transfer window, which even the likes of Sunderland are doing (and we currently aren't doing IMO), but I would hate to see us become like Chelsea a couple of years back and spending £90m in one summer and basically become a circus like them. That for me, is not football, and it's not Liverpool.

Well, that's what I'm suggesting isn't guaranteed

We can hope, but there's no guarantee.

[Rich]

I think the appeal of DIC is that they're more than likely not going to make ridiculous decisions like Hicks is doing. The method of paying for the stadium is likely to be near identical - it is regardless of who's owning the club. Perhaps DIC will understand the need to pump more money into the club for player purchases while the new stadium is offline. But that's speculation!