Saudi to buy 50%??

[Craig_H]

This is gonna be about the football academies being set up over there, not any investment.

[lfcchris]

Said on Radio City news this morning that he is looking at getting a 50% share in the club, and also wiping out any debts i.e. the 250 million that we are currently in. It then mentioned that he would then give rafa a massive warchest for transfers.

God I hope this is true but am not getting my hopes up.

[Scratch]

This is gonna be about the football academies being set up over there, not any investment.

So these quotes direct from the Prince's mouth are blatent lies then?

[Craig_H]

So these quotes direct from the Prince's mouth are blatent lies then?

Yes, the concept of lies from owners and 'prospective' owners is unheard of

So many false dawns on this, i'd love it to be true, but i'd rather wait til it was official and sealed, than set myself up for more disappointment.

[Scratch]

Yes, the concept of lies from owners and 'prospective' owners is unheard of

So many false dawns on this, i'd love it to be true, but i'd rather wait til it was official and sealed, than set myself up for more disappointment.

I don't doubt that he is looking at buying a 50% stake, however, it's whether he can agree terms, whether G/H want to sell that much, or will he settle for 25% now...will the negotiations run smoothly, or will he just walk away from the table and buy elsewhere.

[Daniel mote]

i would imagine that any deal will go wrong due to the owners greed!!

[Neil Young]

i would imagine that any deal will go wrong due to the owners greed!!

They're not greedy, they're just misunderstood.

[Scratch]

i would imagine that any deal will go wrong due to the owners greed!!

Or due to undervaluation by the buyer...it'd be nice if a compromise could be reached tho.

Hell, maybe a deal has been agreed in principle, but they won't announce it until the Saudi's have done their due diligence work...i know, i can dream...

Anyway, are these Arabs neccesarily going to be better than what we already have?

[Roboklopp]

very dubious about this through bitter experience

[bonzai]

There's nothing to see here..........Move on.......nothing to see here.........

How many times have we been here? This is a bull**** storm in a teacup. Too many rumours and not enough fact for my liking...........I'll believe it when Rafa's sitting beside the Arab prince in a press conference with a big smile on his face.

[red g]

There's nothing to see here..........Move on.......nothing to see here.........

How many times have we been here? This is a bull**** storm in a teacup. Too many rumours and not enough fact for my liking...........I'll believe it when Rafa's sitting beside the Arab prince in a press conference with a big smile on his face.

i know what you mean although i have heard a rumour prince akeem joffer of Zamunda is rumoured to be interested too

[Tee]

Well, considering this Prince was at Anfield on Saturday, toured the Academy, met Rafa and the players, and has gone on record to say his company is about to take 50% of a club I am pretty sure something is going down. Watch this space I say.

[Roboklopp]

Or due to undervaluation by the buyer...it'd be nice if a compromise could be reached tho.

Hell, maybe a deal has been agreed in principle, but they won't announce it until the Saudi's have done their due diligence work...i know, i can dream...

Anyway, are these Arabs neccesarily going to be better than what we already have?

Not certainly, altho you would think they'd have more financial clout.

[bonzai]

i know what you mean although i have heard a rumour prince akeem joffer of Zamunda is rumoured to be interested too

Does he have sex with his bathers? I know his father does........

[kev776]

i would imagine that any deal will go wrong due to the owners greed!!

You could be right, but even if the numbers being bandied about are right, 250m for 50% means that even the Arabs understand the value of the club. They will get something at face value and the Americans will make 100% profit. Not even they could complain at those prices.

Not a bad bit of business and they even managed to get out of building the famous "pie in the sky" on Stanly Park.