WTF!! Hicks people still in contact with Klinsmann?

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Anfield's civil war over Stanley Park
By CHARLES SALE - More by this author » Last updated at 13:37pm on 12th April 2008

Stanley Park, the site of Liverpool's new stadium, has become the most significant battleground in the American Civil War between owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

The Hicks letter demanding chief executive Rick Parry's resignation follows Gillett, his son Foster and Parry confronting commercial director Ian Ayre about his presentations on the Stanley Park blueprint being part of Hicks' failed road show to raise money in London.

The Gillett camp believe Hicks should not have used the Liverpool ground as a lever for his own ambitions, while it is understood Ayre, who was appointed by both Americans, told them he was under orders from Hicks and would do exactly the same for Gillett if asked.

Meanwhile, it won't please manager Rafa Benitez, who was unhappy to be mentioned in the resignation letter to Parry regarding transfer deals, that Hicks' people are still in contact with Jurgen Klinsmann, who was sounded out to replace Benitez earlier in the season.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1779

[the rev leeroy brown]

doesn't mean ****. klinsmann going to bayern end of seaon defo. hicks is just scraping the bottom of the barrel for friends/allies right now. the fat cunt!!!

[Leyton388]

**** Right Off You Yank ****.

[Jan-Erik]

Klinsmann will be Bayern Munich's new manager next season.

[Skillz]

Klinsmann will be Bayern Munich's new manager next season.

**** Bayern, all I want is Rafa here next year. If he is we should consider ourselves very lucky.

[carlton]

Hicks has gone completely ****ing mad. He operates in this fantasy land where he thinks he is the only person that runs things at LFC and when one loopy idea fails he goes on to the next one. He is losing touch or maybe has lost touch with reality.

[Skillz]

Hicks has gone completely ****ing mad. He operates in this fantasy land where he thinks he is the only person that runs things at LFC and when one loopy idea fails he goes on to the next one. He is losing touch or maybe has lost touch with reality.

Remember the Muppets. Statler and Waldorf?

It's the reality Muppet show, Live from Anfield.

[DannyMan2006]

Oh come now, who gives a ****.

No way will Rafa get the sack. Had we gone out to Arsenal and then finished 5th then maybe it was a possibility. But we will finish 4th and possibly win the European Cup.

I think it's obvious that a club is built on Champions League money and with Rafa being the best around for that, he's as safe as houses.

I would say that owners of Liverpool would rather we made the semis and come 4th every year than fail to get past the group stages and win the Premier League.

Madness you say? I agree, but such is the money you get for progression it makes perfect sense to the accountants. It is incredible to think that the money spent in the transfer market by Rafa has all been generated by his own exploits in the Champions League!

Makes you wonder what happened to all the other cash!

[Jayesh87]

The daily mail hate Liverpool, just stirring the pot.

[Red_Polo]

I really can't wait for all this **** to end and for it to just be about the football again.

[Marky]

I really can't wait for all this **** to end and for it to just be about the football again.

Me too.

[Kev_81]

According to Bascombe Hicks has sent emails of Benitez transfer targets to Klinsman to see if they are any good.

[Parm]

According to Bascombe Hicks has sent emails of Benitez transfer targets to Klinsman to see if they are any good.

a link to this claim?

[Alpha]

RAFA'S KLIN SHOCK

EXCLUSIVE By CHRIS BASCOMBE

RAFA BENITEZ will challenge Tom Hicks on claims the American still uses Jurgen Klinsmann as an advisor.

The News of the World understands Klinsmann's representatives contacted Liverpool officials to warn them that Benitez's early transfer plans had been passed to their man.

The club were stunned to discover Klinsmann's view was sought on the quality of at least one target they are in the process of scouting.

The revelation will antagonise boss Benitez, who has sent private e-mails to co-owner Hicks outlining the players he wants to recruit for a title assault next season.

He will want an investigation into how Klinsmann could know the identity of his targets.

Klinsmann, who was interviewed for the Kop hotseat last November, has since been named the next Bayern Munich manager.

There would be nothing to stop him sending the German club's scouts to watch the same players and bidding higher.

A source close to Hicks insists ‘to their knowledge' there has been no contact between the co-owner and Klinsmann for months. If so, that will leave Benitez baffled as to how Klinsmann knew the contents of his e-mails.

The latest claims end a turbulent week when Euro success was overshadowed by Hicks' explosive letter calling for chief executive Rick Parry's resignation.

All parties agree Benitez had no idea about the document.

He refused to take questions on the latest controversy ahead of today's visit of Blackburn.

Benitez's love affair with The Kop has intensified following Tuesday's win over Arsenal and his supporters are eager for him to distance himself from the sentiments of the Hicks letter.

The majority of the board, fans and players stand firmly behind Parry and George Gillett in the dispute.

http://blogs.notw.co.uk/sport/2008/0...klin-shoc.html

[Fiddy]

Absolute joke if that's true, but then does anything surprise us anymore with the Yanks?!