David Moores letter to The Times

[Lecter]

To someone with £12b, it IS like a bag of sweets, that's the whole point.

It's the same ratio as £3 out of £120.

The ideals behind it are fine BUT who in the world has £12 billion, very few and of those that do have that sort of wealth the vast bulk of it is tied up in various commitments (property, businesses, shares etc...)

So to have £300 million cash to simply throw around (or waste in the case of overpaying Hicks for it) is highly unlikely and imo completely unfeasible

[Reece]

I wouldn't pay £3 for a bag of sweets. I even take my own to the cinema so as not to pay their extortionate prices.

[PTP]

Anyway - if i was a multi-billionaire fan, looking to buy the club - no i wouldn't pay way over the odds.

I would however look at the option of putting a proper, solid, concrete offer on the table and out in the public for the fans, the banks etc to see. I really don't think anything solid has ever been made - so whilst i do think hicks is being a cunt and trying to cut his nose to spite his face just tp piss everyone in the world off by saying I want £600-800m - i also do think if a proper solid off came in, a real one - he'd sell for less.

I'd do it in a way that would gain support from everyone and finally force hicks and gillettes hand.

I'd say right you pair of wallies (too much swearing on here so wallies it is ) - I will clear the debt, build the stadium, invest in the team, and allow you to walk away from the club hassle free, no more worries about loan payments, banks, press intrusion or any of this issues anymore for you to worry about - and if you accept you will even walk away with a little profit.

[IJM]

Most people with vast wealth are good with money, agreeing to overpay for something by £300m shows that you aren't good with money, in fact you're the exact opposite.

Is right. I reckon that there are interested parties out there. But I reckon they are all playing a waiting game so that they can pick up the club for as little money as possible.

While Hicks is holding out for £600m+ nothing will happen. But we all know that. I reckon the most any buyer might pay is £300 or so, which is pretty much what Lec has been saying. But I'd go further, I think that if prospective buyers suspect the club is in real trouble, then they may wait until a sale is forced so that they can pick up the club for a bargain basement price.

For that to happen, RBS would have to call in the debt and administration would have to be on the cards. God knows what state we'd be in on the pitch if that were to happen. But this is a considerable time off yet as Lecter has stated.

[S-RED]

If you have 12billion, it's because you never pay over the odds for anything; In fact you are more likley to pay people to ensure that you never pay over the odds.

so no i don't think there is anyone out there that will pay more than what the club is worth, 400/500mill for the club.

[Craig_H]

If you have 12billion, it's because you never pay over the odds for anything; In fact you are more likley to pay people to ensure that you never pay over the odds.

so no i don't think there is anyone out there that will pay more than what the club is worth, 400/500mill for the club.

If i was a multi billionaire, i'd be buying Liverpool FC as an emotional purchase, not a business one.

I think there's a distinction to be made between a businessman buying the club and a fan who happens to be a billionaire.

I dont believe any of those billionaires linked with a purchase and described as 'fans' are genuine fans. Just my opinion.

[Slinky Skills]

To be honest guys something's got to happen.

We all know that there is no way Hicks will get £800 million for us, not a chance in hell so something will have to give at some point. Even if this did drag out till the end of the year the banks will not give him and Gillette a further extension and then something will have to give.

I know we all like debating things till the death on here and this is what the forum is for but at the end of the day not one of us knows what is going on in the background, I think that any takeover thread should be closed until something concrete happens be it in a weeks time or a years time as reading all this is just making people feel worse.

It makes me feel sick just thinking about what's happening with the club and reading everyone going on about it non-stop all day every day is making it worse.

And before someone comes along and says "If you're not interested in what's happening then don't read people's posts" that's not the case. It's just things are being died a death now on here and the same repetive stuff is being said over and over again.

Sorry if I've upset anyone it's not what I'm intending.


Cheers.

[peekay]

The ideals behind it are fine BUT who in the world has £12 billion, very few and of those that do have that sort of wealth the vast bulk of it is tied up in various commitments (property, businesses, shares etc...)

So to have £300 million cash to simply throw around (or waste in the case of overpaying Hicks for it) is highly unlikely and imo completely unfeasible

From the forbes top 100 list there are less than 25 individuals with asset worth > 12 billion pounds. Add to that all the princes and middle easterm states and you are looking at a maximum of 40-50 people. And for all them their net worth is the net worth of all their assets. They might not have 100's of millions of dollars in liquid cash available.

[Craig_H]

If there's hardcore Liverpool fan amongst that lot, then he can ballsing well sell off some assets and rescue us then.

[Chrono]

If I was a billionaire Liverpool fan I certainly wouldn't pay over the odds. The thought of giving those scum bags who tried to bury our club the pay day of their lives sickens me.

If I had that money the banks would have been put in charge of the sale as the owners were no longer of this realm

[Leyton388]

As an LFC fan if i was a bilionaire i would give the ****ers the £600m no questions asked just to get them out the club ASAP

[Craig_H]

As an LFC fan if i was a bilionaire i would give the ****ers the £600m no questions asked just to get them out the club ASAP

I honestly assumed 90% would say the same, but it's not the case. Nobodies right or wrong, it's just different strokes for different folks i guess.

[Assassin]

Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina sensationally backs calls for American owners to walk away from Anfield


Pepe Reina has backed calls for current Liverpool owners to sell the club as soon as possible

Goalkeeper Pepe Reina has risked the wrath of the Liverpool board by backing calls from the club's former owner David Moores for George Gillett and Tom Hicks to walkaway from the club.

The Spanish international committed his long-term future to the club earlier this season but has admitted his concern about what lies ahead if the unpopular American duo remains at the helm.

This week Moores slammed the current Anfield incumbants, claiming he regrets his decision to sell Liverpool to the pair in 2007.

'I thought it was a good move from Mr Moores,' Reina said in the Liverpool Echo. 'Of course I’m worried about the situation with the club. We need the sale to happen quickly.

'We have to be optimistic but anything that’s going to happen has to be right now.'

Hicks responded quickly to Moores' criticism, rebuffing the claims about the stability of the club. The American also revealed the wheels have been set in motion for a sale by the end of the calendar year.

With the future of the boardroom shrouded in uncertainty, concern remains over the future of the club's stars, namely Reina's international team-mate Fernando Torres.

Keeping the striker is of paramount importance if Liverpool are to bounce back from their horror season, but new faces are also required.

Controversial owners: George Gillett and Tom Hicks continue to face calls for them to end their Anfield tenure
Reina added: 'As long as we build a competitive squad we don’t have to fear anyone or any club. But if we don’t strengthen it’s going to be a really tough task to be in the top four.

'We need to be ready to be less optimistic than the last few years and get ready for setting other targets maybe. That’s not good for Liverpool.'

Club legend John Aldridge echoed Reina's calls, and revealed the demise of the one-time superpower will have left Moores 'heartbroken'

'David’s a really nice fella,' Aldridge told the Echo. 'If he knew this situation would arise he would never have sold the club to the Americans.

Regrets: David Moores wishes he hadn't sold Liverpool to George Gillett and Tom Hicks
'His heart will be breaking with what has happened. David has said that any mistakes he made were honest mistakes. I’d agree with that wholeheartedly. He loves Liverpool like I do.'

[Exiled_red]

Pepe

[Assassin]

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Sell the ****ing club to one of them you ****ing parasite!!!

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Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks claims there is a large number of "interested buyers" in the club he and George Gillett put up for sale last month.

Having leveraged huge debt on the club - parent company Kop Holdings' were £351million in the red last summer with annual loan repayments of £40million - the Americans decided to end their tumultuous reign at Anfield.

Liverpool are up for sale with an asking price of between £600million to £800million.

Those figures have hardly had investors knocking down the door of chairman Martin Broughton, who was appointed to oversee the process.

However, Hicks, who has suggested it could take between 12 and 18 months to sell the club, still believes there are plenty of candidates to take over.

"Liverpool has a really big universe of interested buyers," said the Texan.

"There are a number of wealthy people all over the world, particularly in the Middle East and Asia, who are enormous Liverpool fans."

The 64-year-old admits he has had enough of owning clubs and sports franchises and is trying now to sell all of his interests.

His Texas Rangers baseball side filed for bankruptcy on Monday some 13 months after its parent company, HSG Sports Group, defaulted on £360million of debt.

The Dallas Stars ice hockey franchise is also being sold. Liverpool will be the last of his three main sports investments to be offloaded.

And Hicks, who has been the target of a sustained and often vitriolic fans' campaign to sell up at Anfield, admits the high-profile nature of ownership had taken its toll.

"Sports has never been my primary business," Hicks told Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

"We are systematically selling our sports assets to focus on our core businesses like private equity and real estate.

"The lack of privacy in sports is something that my family and I aren't willing to undertake any longer.

"We'll always be big fans but we want our privacy back."

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Sell the ****ing club to one of them you ****ing parasite!!!

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