Fans Group Ready For Takeover Talks

[Red Chilli]

I still think its stupid

There is no way that they can buy out the Yanks, Build a massive stadium, deal with the loans used to pay for players over the last year, find loads of more money to fund player buys this summer to keep up with our rivals etc etc etc

Its just not possible. If anything it would be a backward step, we would not be able to compete in the transfer market at all

DIC are our best bet just now

So how do Barcelona cope?

[MattB]

I still think its stupid

There is no way that they can buy out the Yanks, Build a massive stadium, deal with the loans used to pay for players over the last year, find loads of more money to fund player buys this summer to keep up with our rivals etc etc etc

Its just not possible. If anything it would be a backward step, we would not be able to compete in the transfer market at all

DIC are our best bet just now

These questions are all dealt with on the ShareLFC site. The stadium will be financed with loans no matter who owns us and rightly so

[shanks69]

So how do Barcelona cope?

i see the barca way being brought up alot but its just can't be the same,barcelona are bordering on a political tool,if these fans buy liverpool and it goes tits up money wise who will bail them out?liverpool council won't.but if barcelona go into melt down i bet local the goverment would,as they see the club as figurehead against the rulers from madrid.it's the same with real madrid they are like a political figurehead only a few years back they were deep money problems and heyprestoe the council pay 100mil for there training ground,would that happen here no chance.

[-V-]

These questions are all dealt with on the ShareLFC site. The stadium will be financed with loans no matter who owns us and rightly so

Yes but the Banks wont give them loans the size that Hicks and Gillette have managed to get

And on the case of barcelona, their fans did not suddenly form a supporters group and immediately build a £300m stadium. ShareLfc certainly could not buy the club, build a massive, expensive stadium and compete in the transfer market.

Its absurd. Football has changed, its not possible to these things anymore unless you are mega mega mega rich

[MattB]

Yes but the Banks wont give them loans the size that Hicks and Gillette have managed to get

And on the case of barcelona, their fans did not suddenly form a supporters group and immediately build a £300m stadium. ShareLfc certainly could not buy the club, build a massive, expensive stadium and compete in the transfer market.

Its absurd. Football has changed, its not possible to these things anymore unless you are mega mega mega rich

They are not planning to buy the club with loans, but with £500m cash pledged by future shareholders. As far as I understand it, the model works a bit like this:

Buy the club and pay off the debts. Straight away you are £20m a season better off and the TV money just gets better
Put in place a proper commercial/merchandising operation and actually make some money at it
Agree loans (secured against the stadium, not the club) to pay for the stadium build (along with sponsorship and naming rights)
Pay for the stadium in a series of chunks - drawing down bits of the loan as required (so the interest burden would not really kick in properly until the thing is built)
Once it's built, the extra matchday revenues pay for the stadium and then some

It's the stadium and associated income that allows us to compete, not cash from some rich benefactor

[The Glove]

I cant see this happening. The plan is to raise £500mil right? So things brings about a ouple of questions. 1) They value the club at twice that so are shares now £10k each or do they now need twice as many. 2) What if the money is raised and they say 'Not for sale' end of?

[rage]

at least they're trying, regardless if they're successful or not.

[SK]

the best option would be that the fans had a minority share in liverpool, and DIC or whoever else would have the controling share.

[rage]

the best option would be that the fans had a minority share in liverpool, and DIC or whoever else would have the controling share.

no reason why this group can't raise 100 million or so for such an arrangement for a significant minority stake.

[AFII]

The best option for them would be to try and buy the name of the new stadium and the name on our shirts.

That is something they could afford.

When DIC has bought the club that is. You never know what G&H would do with the money.

[SK]

no reason why this group can't raise 100 million or so for such an arrangement for a significant minority stake.

like it says in the article they have about that amount of money ready, and as we know G&H have been looking for minority investors prior to the loan agreement, for about £150m, for a 15% stake in the club.

[rage]

like it says in the article they have about that amount of money ready, and as we know G&H have been looking for minority investors prior to the loan agreement, for about £150m, for a 15% stake in the club.

i'm signed upto this and i don't think i'm the only one who'd say no to being a minority shareholder with either of them 2 in charge.

[SK]

i'm signed upto this and i don't think i'm the only one who'd say no to being a minority shareholder with either of them 2 in charge.

think of it this way, the fans get 15% meaning H&G have 42,5% each, G sells to DIC, so the fans and DIC have 57,5% and Hicks has 42,5%