DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[Lecter]

I did consider that £40m rather than £80. Basically it's a 30M increase in the offer- up to £430M if we are to believe the reports.

DIc want £400m, the yanks £500m. If DIC are prepared to raise another £20m to £450m, then the yanks might well go for it.

Anyone got a spare £20m?

I reckon it will take £250 million to shift Gillett (£75 million clear profit)

[carlton]

I will say again Barrett will print what his source is telling him

Doesnt mean his source is telling the truth

If you look at the piece again Barrett has even checked it with Gilletts side and got conflicting information

I think some important questions have to be asked about the local media

Who is briefing them and to what end

Who do the Echo back DIC or Hicks & Gillett?

Who do the individual reporters back?


IMO they chose sides weeks ago collectively and individually

Theres not much new in the Barrett article that wasnt already in david bonds from the torygraph yesterday. Bond suggested an 80M figure for Gillette and he also suggested that G was holding out for more so that can and has been spun into G rejecting a bid.

[Jayesh87]

Barrett changed his story:

Liverpool FC boss George Gillett ponders massive DIC pay-off

Mar 5 2008 Tony Barrett Exclusive

GEORGE Gillett is pondering a vastly improved offer for Liverpool Football Club from Dubai International Capital.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-20561764/

Rest of the article is the same (i think)

[Lecter]

Barretts article has changed slightly

Liverpool FC boss George Gillett ponders massive DIC pay-off
Mar 5 2008 Tony Barrett Exclusive

GEORGE Gillett is pondering a vastly improved offer for Liverpool Football Club from Dubai International Capital.

Sources close to DIC suggest the bid would allow Gillett to walk away from the club with an £80m profit.

But sources in the Gillett camp argue the figure is £40m.

The revised offer was put to Gillett late last night.

DIC indicated they would not raise their offer again even though their interest in buying Liverpool remains as strong as ever.

Gillett instructed his lawyers to attend the meeting at a top London hotel on his behalf, and DIC was represented by top businesswoman Amanda Staveley.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry was also there having been invited by DIC and Gillett to represent the best interests of the club.

Gillett was unable to attend in person as he is recovering from illness at his home in Vail, Colorado, but he was in constant phone contact with all parties.

Sources close to Gillett dispute the £80m figure, insisting the offer would have given the American a profit closer to £40m.

But what is beyond any doubt is the fact DIC raised their initial offer to win his 50% stake.

With Tom Hicks still sticking to his guns and insisting he is not looking to sell his stake, the future of the club remains delicately poised.

Unless one party gives way the present situation is likely to continue.

The impasse has caused uproar among many Liverpool fans with the Spirit of Shankly group planning a protest against the club’s American owners during half time at tonight’s Premiership home clash with West Ham.

Spokesman Neil Atkinson today told the ECHO the time has now come for Gillett and Hicks to quit the club.

He said: “We can only urge Tom Hicks and George Gillett to take the DIC offer and leave. Liverpool FC

“Al-Ansari talks about Tom Hicks’s valuation of the club being ‘in dreamland’; Mr Hicks is further in dreamland if he thinks he will ever be accepted at LFC.

“He’s a rich man, a business man, but surely, being as rich as he is, he wants to be able to enjoy his investments.

“If he tries to grin and bear it then it emphasises what we already know – he’s only in it for one reason - the money and the money alone.

“Let Mr Hicks and Mr Gillett go now with profit and a modicum of grace. Let us start again with new owners, keep our eyes open and work with them to get that family silver polished.”

Rogan Taylor, head of ShareliverpoolFC which has launched a fans’ buy-out bid, said: “We will continue to monitor this situation, but it won’t lessen the effort and commitment we are putting into our serious and robust proposal.

“We would like to see the fans have a full and proper say in the running of their club. We are ready to talk to the owners about making that a reality.

“I strongly believe that ShareLiverpoolFC will have a significant role to play - we have strong momentum following launch and fans are joining by the hundreds on a daily basis.”

[Imy]

If there hadn't been such an uprising of ungratefull kuntz calling for him to piss off after donating millions of quid from his own pocket over the years we wouldn't have had any of this.

Nobody, perhaps apart from Steve Morgan (Perhaps) was going to take over our club and do anything other than take cash out of it. Greedy feckers us liverpool fans and we deserve to lose our soul for being such a fickle bunch of impatient *******s.

It was time Moores left, he fecked up throughout his reign, look at where the club was when took over and look at what he left.

He himself knew he did not have the resources to compete and was looking for a buyer for years. He then fecked up with DIC and threw his last hand down on to the table and gambled all with G&H, he won in monetary terms he lost a lot more in other ways.

[Reece]

What a rollercoaster ride this is

[Vermilion]

If there hadn't been such an uprising of ungratefull kuntz calling for him to piss off after donating millions of quid from his own pocket over the years we wouldn't have had any of this.

Nobody, perhaps apart from Steve Morgan (Perhaps) was going to take over our club and do anything other than take cash out of it. Greedy feckers us liverpool fans and we deserve to lose our soul for being such a fickle bunch of impatient *******s.

Impatient.. 19yrs.

[Lecter]

What a rollercoaster ride this is

Its worse than having Boggy's Mrs sitting on your lap isnt it Reece

[Reece]

Its worse than having Boggy's Mrs sitting on your lap isnt it Reece

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[Lecter]

Theres not much new in the Barrett article that wasnt already in david bonds from the torygraph yesterday. Bond suggested an 80M figure for Gillette and he also suggested that G was holding out for more so that can and has been spun into G rejecting a bid.

To go from £25 million each to £80 million each is too big a jump for a company who supposedly wont pay over the odds. Thats more than a 25% increase in the bid price

I'm sure both Bond & Barrett have been spun a story

[Kev_81]

Barrett changed his story:

Liverpool FC boss George Gillett ponders massive DIC pay-off

Mar 5 2008 Tony Barrett Exclusive

GEORGE Gillett is pondering a vastly improved offer for Liverpool Football Club from Dubai International Capital.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-20561764/

Rest of the article is the same (i think)

What are first year for Tony Barret as full time LFC man at the echo, unbelievable stuff.

[BillobShaisley]

You still expect a sugar daddy and a quick fix. LFC's troubles are not about having a cash lump sum, its about getting our systems in order. Parry has been ****e, Moores has been the perfect chairman apart from that oversight. Now we reap what we've sown.

Greedy, impatient glory hunting

[carlton]

To go from £25 million each to £80 million each is too big a jump for a company who supposedly wont pay over the odds. Thats more than a 25% increase in the bid price

I'm sure both Bond & Barrett have been spun a story

Yes they probably have. if DIC wins out they will have paid double or thereabouts more for the club than a year ago-so much for not paying for over-valued assets!

[Vermilion]

You still expect a sugar daddy and a quick fix. LFC's troubles are not about having a cash lump sum, its about getting our systems in order. Parry has been ****e, Moores has been the perfect chairman apart from that oversight. Now we reap what we've sown.

Greedy, impatient glory hunting

That oversight suggests otherwise, hardly the PERFECT chairman. But of course YOU know what's best.

[Lecter]

Yes they probably have. if DIC wins out they will have paid double or thereabouts more for the club than a year ago-so much for not paying for over-valued assets!

I actually reckon the club was undervalued last time round

20 days after the takeover was formally completed Forbes valued the club at £245 million (Gillett & Hicks paid £175 million plus £45 million debt was "paid off")