DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[Dirk07]

failing at things in your earlier career only means something if you do not learn something from the loss and grow from it, is rafa not the right man because he once got relegated?

[AFII]

I'm not gonna be picky about the CEO right now, just want DIC to complete the purchase.

It will be done if the Sheikh backs DIC 100%. G&H will test the waters and see how much they can get out of the deal, it may happen today, it may take a few months but in the end DIC will buy us, I have no doubt about that.

[Reece]

David Dein will be CEO

[Craig_H]

It will be done if the Sheikh backs DIC 100%. G&H will test the waters and see how much they can get out of the deal, it may happen today, it may take a few months but in the end DIC will buy us, I have no doubt about that.

I'd tend to agree. It's obvious Hicks is open to a sale if the price is right. It'll happen, just a question of when.

[Vermilion]

yeah the deals been done mate.

sucker

Cruel.

[kop-al-74]

David Dein will be CEO

Could he be the one whose "the very best in the business" that DIC have reffered to?

I really hope so.He is Mr Arsenal though.

[red g]

How can you say that? You haven't got a clue other than reading that article!

here you go mate, some info on mandy


Type the name “Amanda Staveley” into an internet search engine and the first links you will find have a recurring theme: “Prince Andrew inseparable from new love”; “Andrew jilted by his 'future bride'”; “Why marrying into The Firm isn't a right royal lark”; and a new one: “Prince's ex-girlfriend to become director of Liverpool Football Club”.

It was inevitable that Staveley's colourful background would be explored and uncovered after she emerged yesterday as a central figure in the prospective takeover of Liverpool by Dubai International Capital (DIC). An associate of the 34-year-old private equity specialist winced at the mention of the liaison with Prince Andrew. “It was four or five years ago,” the associate said. “Prince Andrew wanted her to marry him, she didn't want to marry him. End of story.”

The end of that supposed fairytale, yes, and just about the end of her appearances in the society gossip columns, but that was not the end of the Amanda Staveley story. Although a one-time model - briefly, apparently, and at her grandmother's insistence - she was not just a pretty face looking to catch the eye of a divorced prince. On the contrary, she was an intelligent, ambitious woman intent on making a name for herself in the finance world, something that she has succeeded in doing.

Staveley chose not to marry into the British Royal Family, but over the course of an acquaintance dating back to the mid-1990s, she has earned the unswerving trust of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, whose DIC investment vehicle is hoping to buy Liverpool. As a senior partner in PCP, a London-based private equity firm, she has been instructed to lead negotiations with Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr, the club's owners, and, according to sources, has been told by Sheikh Mohammed to “get it done”.

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If she succeeds, Staveley, the daughter of a wealthy Yorkshire landowner, will be given an influential position in the Liverpool boardroom, helping to oversee the day-to-day running of the club alongside a chief executive and, according to DIC sources, “the best football brains in the country”. Her football experience is minimal, but she is described as an enthusiastic fan - of whom, it is not clear.

“What she is is an outstanding individual,” her associate said. “If she was not, Sheikh Mohammed would not trust her so implicitly. It would be fair to say that there is no non-Arab that he trusts as much as he trusts Amanda.”

No one is sure how that trust developed but it is a reasonable bet that they met through their mutual love of horse racing, with Staveley having been seen regularly at Newmarket, where the English stables of the Sheikh's Godolphin operation are based, and Royal Ascot.

Earlier in her business career, having left Cambridge University before completing her degree, she started what became a successful restaurant, Stocks, just down the road from Newmarket, filling in as part-time chef and waitress when necessary. Within four years she bought the £10 million Q.ton conference centre in Cambridge Science Park that was soon valued at £18 million.

Her fortunes briefly slumped after the dotcom bubble burst and she was served with a bankruptcy petition over a £62,000 rent bill at her flat in Mayfair, Central London, but her stock has risen exponentially again and suddenly, at the behest of one of the world's wealthiest men, this one-time prospective princess is dreaming of becoming Queen of Anfield.

[AFII]

Gillett turns down £80m DIC offer for his Liverpool FC share
Mar 5 2008 Tony Barrett

GEORGE Gillett has turned down a vastly improved offer for Liverpool Football Club from Dubai International Capital.

Sources close to DIC said the proposed deal would have seen the American walk away with £80m profit, plus add- ons, after just over a year at the helm at Anfield, or £203,045 for each of the 394 days thus far he has been co- owner of the club.

But the revised offer was rejected by Gillett late last night and DIC indicated they would not be raising their offer again, even though they still maintain an interest in buying Liverpool.

Gillett instructed his lawyers to attend the meeting at a top London hotel on his behalf.

DIC was represented by Amanda Staveley.

Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry also attended, having been invited there by both 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 that DIC raised their initial offer dramatically to try to take over his 50% stake.

With Tom Hicks still sticking to his guns and insisting he does not want to sell his stake, the future of Liverpool Football Club remains delicately poised.

Unless one of the parties gives some ground the present situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

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

Spokesman Neil Atkinson today told the ECHO the time had 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.”

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-20560223/

[Pacman]

You greedy old ****ing cunt.

Rich men wanting to be ****ing richer.

He can **** right off.

I wish I was at the game tonight the old grey yankie ****ing wanking ****ing prick.

[Rix007]

Doesn't sound too promising then if we to believe Tony B.. Question is what is Gillett really up to.. Why has he been so silent ??

[Pacman]

Doesn't sound too promising then if we to believe Tony B.. Question is what is Gillett really up to.. Why has he been so silent ??

Tony B will know more than anyone else in the press.

Hicks will own us within a month.

[The_weatherman]

Hicks will own us within a month.

Think so, wonder if he'll give Georgie more profit?

[Jayesh87]

I feel depressed

[Shaggy]

[Darth Marty]

i cant imagine hicks would or could afford to exceed the speculated £80mill profit to G.G that DIC were prepared to pay. Surely thats financial suicide?!

I am slightly more convinced that this is all a ploy and they are in effect gambling to get more dosh from the arabs.