Dubai International to make bid for Liverpool FC

[Jayesh87]

negotiations already taken place, DIC won't pay over the top, about £300m

DIC want the club to be financially stable and invest in players

rafa views hicks with contempt

refinance will be done this week with rbs

city source who has been involved in many football club deals says only a matter of time before DIC deal will be done

this was covered this morning mate

[redblood]

negotiations already taken place, DIC won't pay over the top, about £300m

DIC want the club to be financially stable and invest in players

rafa views hicks with contempt

refinance will be done this week with rbs

city source who has been involved in many football club deals says only a matter of time before DIC deal will be done

Cheers Wezo

[GBT]

When this statement appears on the official site, then i will be ****ting myself and be preparing for the long and slow death of liverpool fotball club as i know it!!!

But until then.............

When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown..
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone.......
You'll never walk alone.

[ELNINO 9]

sorry, my bad this was from this morning. i took it from another site. i read and it too quick as i was too excited. my bad

[DomL]

Hey their im very new to the forums and i have just posted a new post on the matter you havent allready heard liverpoolsupporters network is carrying it out a survery of supproters opinions on the running of the club.

The meida and club officials are aware of it.

Here are some more detials for you.

http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/forum/ff-football-forum/55689-want-make-difference-please-do-not-ignore.html

It will soon be on Rawk technical difficulties are hampering them.

[Danish_Pastry]

Well - if I were Hicks - I would deny having received an offer to buy the club until I've been asked abt. the exact amount of the offer. Anything else would be against his attitude - which is like: Nobody outside my office shall know how much I make of an investment.

And by the way - isn't this the Liverpool way of doing things - like we are not going to buy Peter Crouch the day before he signed etc. Maybe he even could qualify for working TLW on his own things - and maybe GG has learned a little abt. that as well.

I don't care - as long as DIC or Parry/the club hasn't come out and denied the reports/informed that the deal has fallen through - as long as this hasn't happened, I still just wait and expect everyting to go the rigth way in its own slow speed.















..... and then these two Yanks can piss offffffffffffff....... ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jimthered]

Hey their im very new to the forums and i have just posted a new post on the matter you havent allready heard liverpoolsupporters network is carrying it out a survery of supproters opinions on the running of the club.

The meida and club officials are aware of it.

Here are some more detials for you.

http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/forum/ff-football-forum/55689-want-make-difference-please-do-not-ignore.html

It will soon be on Rawk technical difficulties are hampering them.

While I applaude the effort , what difference does the fact that " meida and club officials are aware of it " make .

We are dealing with some hard headed business people here who at the end of the day dont care what a poll or a petition say. It will have no impact on their decisions at all. It all comes down to money. DIC will have to make an offer so big it would be stupid for G&H to turn down, they wont do that as G&H have already placed a value on the club and wont back down from it. The previous talks between DIC and G&H broke down over this very issue.

The problem right now is that the owners have the club bent over ready for a Texas style shafting should they choose .

[Rashid]

If the results of these polls are published on the day of a huge demonstration at Anfield, the position of the Yanks would be untenable.

[Jayesh87]

Hicks insists he has no intention of selling up at Liverpool
Last updated at 18:47pm on 20th January 2008

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks today insisted he has no intention of accepting an offer for his stake in the club.

Reports over the weekend had suggested Dubai International Capital - the investment arm of the Dubai Government - was preparing to launch a £500million bid to buy the club.

BBC Sport reported yesterday an offer was in the process of being made to American co-owners Hicks and George Gillett.

And a report from a Merseyside-based media agency went so far today as to suggest the club had indeed been sold to DIC.

However Hicks this evening released a statement in which he described the latest report as "a complete fabrication and ... absolutely and categorically untrue".

Hicks added: "I have not received any offer to purchase the club from the DIC or anyone else, much less accepted any such offer. Nor do I have any intention of doing so.

"Whoever is behind this false report, the facts are that I and my family have always been, and remain, fully committed to co-owning the club; that no-one in my family has ever indicated any intention or desire to sell our stake in the club; and that we expect and intend to be co-owners of the club, and to actively and enthusiastically support the club's manager, players and fans for many years to come."

Hicks' statement was released to PA Sport through financial and corporate communications consultancy FD.

Reports had claimed yesterday that DIC were set to make an offer for the complete buy-out of the American duo.

The Dubai-based group were close to their own takeover of the Anfield club 12 months ago before the Reds' then chairman David Moores decided to go with the USA investors.

On Thursday a spokesman for Hicks insisted neither of the owners was considering selling their share and both remained fully committed to the club.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...79&ito=newsnow

[Jimbob]

You really think they would care about an Internet poll?

Hicks has proved with his other "Franchises" that he doesnt care if he is hated.

[Revo]

If the results of these polls are published on the day of a huge demonstration at Anfield, the position of the Yanks would be untenable.

well if we believe everything you have said recently a poll shouldent make any difference fwit, i believe the wheels are in motion regarding a new takeover

[livvy145]

Hicks Kop out - 'I won’t sell unless the price is right'

By JOHN EDWARDS

Tom Hicks was embroiled in a £300million-plus game of brinkmanship over Liverpool's future last night after rejecting initial overtures from Dubai International Capital to buy him out.

As he braced himself for an angry backlash from fans over his treatment of manager Rafa Benitez, Liverpool's co-owner dismissed claims that a deal had been done with DIC and issued a statement insisting he and George Gillett would remain in control at Anfield 'for many years to come'.

Despite Hicks' defiant stance, it is understood he is prepared to relinquish control should the Dubai group come up with a price that would suit him and Gillett.

Both men will be missing from the directors' box for tonight's televised home game with Aston Villa. They have been warned to expect the first public show of animosity from fans who want them out. Hicks is unlikely to be swayed by such hostility and will base any decision on whether it makes financial sense.

He was still standing firm when he denied that a family member had admitted the owners were looking to sell and instead pointed to an imminent double breakthrough as evidence that he intends to push ahead with his long-term aims.

He believes a refinancing package crucial to repaying loans and funding the building of a new stadium will go through this week and that detailed plans of the ground, at nearby Stanley Park, will be unveiled in a few days.

DIC officials have held preliminary talks with Hicks and Gillett and outlined their eagerness to buy out both Anfeld bosses for about £300m.

Though it would appear to represent an immediate profit of around £40m each, there are other factors which have convinced Hicks, in particular, that he should hold out for more.

The Americans paid around £180m and absorbed an additional £40m of debt when they took over from David Moores, but they argue that Rafa Benitez's transfer dealings have pushed their total outgoings beyond £250m.

With the proposed new stadium likely to add around 20,000 extra paying customers every home game, and new television rights further boosting future income, Hicks is convinced that Liverpool's value could soar over the next few years. He is in no mood to miss out on the chance of a healthy return on his investment and will only allow another handover of power for a price that would reflect prospective future earnings. It is further evidence of his ruthless approach to business, but he could face a dilemma, given that DIC chiefs are just as renowned for driving a hard bargain and are reluctant to increase their valuation by much. With interest charges on the refinancing agreement thought to be as high as £30m a year, Hicks appears to be taking a calculated gamble that could backfire on him should DIC lose patience and walk away from a possible deal. Anfield insiders played down weekend claims that Liverpool could go the way of Leeds and find themselves having to sell their best players to stay afloat. Even so, Hicks, who needs the continuing support of Gillett for the refinancing deal to go through, appears to be playing a dangerous game in allowing a battle of wills to develop between himself and DIC. His relationship with Gillett has become increasingly strained, particularly regarding the way he went public over their recent attempt to instal Jurgen Klinsmann as successor to Benitez, but he is standing by his partner, for now at least. Responding to a claim that agreement had been reached for Liverpool to have new owners, Hicks said: "It is a complete fabrication and is absolutely and categorically untrue. I have not received any offer to purchase the club from the DIC or anyone else, much less accepted any such offer.

"Nor do I have any intention of doing so.

"Whoever is behind this false report, the facts are that I and my family have always been, and remain, fully committed to co-owning the club. 'No one in my family has ever indicated any intention or desire to sell our stake in the club.

"We expect and intend to be co-owners of the club, and to actively and enthusiastically support the club's manager, players and fans for many years to come."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=509374&in_page_id=1779&ct=5

[Jimthered]

If the results of these polls are published on the day of a huge demonstration at Anfield, the position of the Yanks would be untenable.

Why, specifically ?

Thye wont be there , and couldnt care less.

[kurtangle01]

well if we believe everything you have said recently a poll shouldent make any difference fwit, i believe the wheels are in motion regarding a new takeover

Kev, I hope you're right, mate, I really do!

[Jimthered]

Hicks Kop out - 'I won’t sell unless the price is right'

By JOHN EDWARDS




Despite Hicks' defiant stance, it is understood he is prepared to relinquish control should the Dubai group come up with a price that would suit him and Gillett.

Both men will be missing from the directors' box for tonight's televised home game with Aston Villa. They have been warned to expect the first public show of animosity from fans who want them out. Hicks is unlikely to be swayed by such hostility and will base any decision on whether it makes financial sense.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...e_id=1779&ct=5

Exactly..