DIC latest - the largely wild speculation thread

[Kev_81]

Gillet talks are 'moving along' according to SSN (from DIC sources)

[JohnOK]

Gillet talks are 'moving along' according to SSN (from DIC sources)

As in his talks with DIC??

[Vermilion]

Gillet talks are 'moving along' according to SSN (from DIC sources)

Right thats me.....i'm off to bed with that news as the last thing i read.

[El Jefecito]

OK, get your point, but what if Hicks is the bigger cunt? And what if he'll do to us what he did to Corinthians (on a lesser scale though)?

Lots of ifs and buts, only thing we know is that Hicks is a liar, sucks at communications and can come across as incredibly thick. Gillett ticks some of these boxes as well though, I'd be willing to swap them for a lot of people, but as it stands the only people we know are interested are DIC so they get my vote.

It doesn't matter who the cunt is. A cunt is in charge. We need to keep the cunt in line so he does the right thing. If you want to do the right thing by LFC work out how to make the cunt do the right thing rather than follow the existing bigoted anti-american agenda that achieves nothing other than to cast us in a bad light and basically makes us look like a bunch of racists.

[Venton]

Gillet talks are 'moving along' according to SSN (from DIC sources)

Moving along as in progressing nicely, or moving along as in what the scuffers do to you when you are pissing in the street in the wee hours of sunday morning? It's getting to that point now isn't it?

[El Jefecito]

Yeah, I know, Hicks really pissed me off today, don't know why, he just is really hard to like, 90% of the supporters don't want him but he comes out with statements the night before crucial games saying he is doing this and that to protect the interests of the club and us, well he can **** off, I don't like him using us like that to justify his actions, actions we don't support.

De-personalize it and look only at what he has done over the last month. Do you reach a different conclusion (I'm trying to establish hysteria vs. logic).

[Vermilion]

It doesn't matter who the cunt is. A cunt is in charge. We need to keep the cunt in line so he does the right thing. If you want to do the right thing by LFC work out how to make the cunt do the right thing rather than follow the existing bigoted anti-american agenda that achieves nothing other than to cast us in a bad light and basically makes us look like a bunch of racists.

How can we look like Racists when we want Arabs in? Anti American maybe.....but Racists.

[tommyg]

Hicks cuts DIC takeover talks short
Taken from ESPN soccernet, March 11

Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks tonight threw the future of the club back into turmoil by terminating discussions with the Dubai royal family.

In a shock move, the Texan business tycoon broke off talks with Dubai International Capital (DIC), who had been confident of sewing up a deal to buy out 49% of co-owner George Gillett's 50% stake.

Hicks had to give the go-ahead for that move - but instead he has exercised his right of veto, saying he was unwilling to manage the club with DIC 'by committee'.

DIC said they had no comment to make, but sources close to the deal believe Hicks' statement does not necessarily mean the end of the story and the investment arm of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, could yet clinch a stake in the club.

Hicks' statement read: 'Based on a meeting held earlier today in Dubai between my representatives and officials of Dubai International Capital LLC, as well as other recent contacts between us and them, I have decided to terminate any further discussions with DIC regarding their possible purchase of a minority stake in Kop and, in turn, in the club.

'DIC made it clear that if they invested in the club, they would want it to be managed by committee.

'Based on my 13 years of successful experience as an owner of professional sports teams, and based in particular on the situation at Liverpool Football Club over the past year, it is clear to me that such a committee approach would not be in the best interest of Kop, of the club or of the club's loyal and passionate supporters.

'Accordingly, I have decided to exercise my right under the Kop Football (Holdings) Limited partnership agreement to veto any sale of any portion of Kop and the club to DIC.'

Hicks added there were other alternatives to pursue.

He said: 'I and my colleagues and representatives will continue to explore a number of other options with regard to the ownership of Kop and the club aimed at achieving an appropriate ownership, financial and organisational structure for Kop and the club over the long term.'

The only chance of a deal being rekindled is if Hicks' statement is merely an attempt to force DIC and Gillett to accept his terms.

A DIC spokesman said only: 'We have no comment to make.'

Either way, the relationship between the parties appears to have broken down - something that could be a problem if they were to be co-owners of the club in the future.

As far as Liverpool are concerned however, it is back to square one with Hicks and Gillett at loggerheads - even more so now the Texan has vetoed the sale - and there are only 17 months until the £350million loan the Americans took out in January has to be refinanced again.

Furthermore, another loan of around £300million will have to be taken out to finance the building of the new stadium at Stanley Park.

[Scratch]

Moving along as in "we'll see if we can strike up a deal with Gillett. If we can, we'll then see about legally challenging Hick's position of Veto" would be my guess.

I'm guessing the Veto would be worded to the effect of not being allowed to sell your shares to someone the other partner deems unworthy. So all they'd have to do is prove otherwise.

Unless Gillett was foolish enough to give Hicks absolute Veto power?

[El Jefecito]

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How can we look like Racists when we want Arabs in? Anti American maybe.....but Racists.

Deal is instead of saying hicks out, the crazy hysterical RTK are turning it into an anti-yank thing. Thats at the very least bigoted. For sure say Hicks is a cunt, but to take it beyond that, is well.....

Read back in this thread ( an impossible task I know) but there is a whole load of anti-american rhetoric. Implying all americans are stupid etc etc.

[Kev_81]

As in his talks with DIC??

Yep, it was on BBC northwest as well.

[red g]

So how come Bush Sr is always talked of in terms of his work and shares in the Carlyle Group? He certainly seems to visit Saudi Arabia on their behalf a lot.

http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html

[fah-q]

De-personalize it and look only at what he has done over the last month. Do you reach a different conclusion (I'm trying to establish hysteria vs. logic).

FLMAO. Calling Amanda Stavely an amateur and a bitch isn't hysterical then?

[Manofthebog]

People on here have the "wenger" syndrome, engaging mouth before brain.

[Darkon]

Moving along as in "we'll see if we can strike up a deal with Gillett. If we can, we'll then see about legally challenging Hick's position of Veto" would be my guess.

I'm guessing the Veto would be worded to the effect of not being allowed to sell your shares to someone the other partner deems unworthy. So all they'd have to do is prove otherwise.

Unless Gillett was foolish enough to give Hicks absolute Veto power?

There were some earlier reports that DIC was thought to have found a loophole in the deal between GG and TH, so perhaps that is what they are looking in to. I dont seem to remember the reports beeing specific about the kind of loophole, but fingers crossed that it is usefull...

Hicks is not fit to own a football club - who in their right mind releases a statement like this shortly before an immensely important game???