Liverpool close in on Mr Gillett

[DeeGame]

Not the shaver bloke

Liverpool close in on Gillett
Last updated at 15:40pm on 13th November 2006

Liverpool have held further talks with the American tycoon George Gillett Jnr about a takeover of the club.

Chairman David Moores joined chief executive Rick Parry on last week's trip to Canada, where the reclusive businessman owns the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

Moores was spotted in Gillett's suite during the Canadiens' victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. Liverpool declined to comment on the visit but it seems Gillett may now be ahead of Dubai Holdings in the long-running search for new investment.

The former owner of the Harlem Globetrotters has declined to comment, but sources close to him have privately confirmed that he is a serious bidder.

It remains unclear how the multimillionaire would fund a full takeover of the club, with Moores having stuck to a valuation of about £300 million during the three-year hunt for new investors.

Moores and Parry are thought to favour a cash injection for a minority stake, with backing for a new 60,000-seater stadium, but Gillett's style is to buy businesses outright.

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

[Marky]

This guy is razor sharp apparently.

[Morph]

i hope this fella has a big consortium behind him, because on his own, I don't think he's any improvement on Moores

[DeeGame]

George N. Gillett Jr.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George N. Gillett Jr. (born 1938) is an American businessman.

Gillett is chairman of Booth Creek Management Corp., a company created to oversee the acquisitions and management of interests of the Gillett family.

Gillett holds interests in the NHL Montreal Canadiens, the Bell Centre (since January 2, 2000), Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort, several golf courses and Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc., the owner and operator of six ski resorts in the United States, Northland Services Inc. marine transportation, Swift and Company beef, pork and lamb operations in the U.S. and Australia, Petaluma Poultry natural and organic chicken products, Snowball Foods and Kings Delight, food processors of turkey and chicken products, B3R Country Meats, which processes fresh and frozen natural beef, Coleman Natural Products, which processes fresh and frozen natural beef and lamb; and Gerhard’s Napa Valley Sausage, a producer of gourmet sausage products made primarily from poultry, Silverthorne Pontiac-Cadillac-GMC Truck and Hickey Motors, Inc., automotive dealerships, Great Northern Bark and Sierra Organics landscaping and gardening products.

He has recently (4Q 2006) been linked with a proposed takeover of English Premiership side Liverpool Football Club (soccer)

Gillett attended Amherst College and is a graduate of Dominican College in Racine, Wisconsin.

He and his wife, Rose, have four sons: George III, Andrew, Alexander and Foster.

[Marky]

Heard he turned down the BLADES as well.

[rushscored4]

Is he the best our men can get?

[Morph]

sigh - how much of CUT do you think he wants?

[Neil Young]

I just hope we razor lot of dosh for transfers and the the team begins to gel.

[Red_Polo]

Could shave us all a lot of hassle if it was a minority stake he wanted

Can't see why anyone other than a fan would want that though

[REDSCOUSER]

He is slowly turning the Montreal Canadians hockey team into a contender once again. I live in Montreal now and see how the team has progresses under his leadership.
They have won the most championship(Stanley Cup they call it here) in the history, 24 in total, last one in 1992. Sleeping giants just like our beloved LFC.
Gillett in my opinion is on par with Kraft when it comes to dealings and care for what he owns.
The rumours are rife in local papers(English & French) that he is ahead of the Dubai investors, only stumbling block is price. If Moores budges we will have a new owner.

[Morph]

Lets hope he can foamulate a plan

[Mumsafan]

Let's just let him have it. I'm getting fed up now.

[Marky]

Let's just let him have it. I'm getting fed up now.

Same here mum, so many rumours of take-overs, very little come of them.

[Morph]

Same here mum, so many rumours of take-overs, very little come of them.

now-now, back on topic:

It's not cut and dry yet

[Neil Young]

now-now, back on topic:

It's not cut and dry yet

True. There may be stubble ahead.