Liverpool move step closer to takeover by Maktoums.

[Parm]

He actually built a 20,000 capacity stadium just for the wedding

Mittal's event almost rivals what is considered to be the most extravagant wedding of modern time. The 1981 wedding of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who recently became the ruler of Dubai, to Princess Salama, earned that honor with its $44.5 million ($100 million in today's dollars) price tag. His family built a stadium big enough to hold 20,000 people for the celebration, which lasted an astounding seven days--hopefully long enough for the couple to greet all the guests. A quarter of a century later, it is still listed as the most expensive wedding in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Anyone fancy tapping up that fat tramp from the bridge now the shoe is on the other foot?

man and I'm struggling to put together my wedding for 80 people!!

[NICKZS]

This is want-wettingly exciting. The sky truly is the limit if all this goes through, considering we have the best manager in the world and a big load of cash coming his way! This might be a good time for certain players to start trying to cement themselves in the squad before they become expendable

[bazza76]

Someone should say.
Ohhhh thiery, remember how you said if you were to play for another club it would be LFC.
Is Arsene still pissing you off?

[Mumsafan]

Yep! Soon we have huge lists of who to get rid of and which expensive foreign imports to buy to replace them with

[Gazmo1]

One has to ask the question as to why Maktoum has allowed the building of a Man Ure soccer school as part of the new Dubai city complex

However, he could just be taking money off them to fund our new ground - how funny would that be?

Looking good though, it's nice to see something that would appear to be positive!

[bazza76]

This is want-wettingly exciting. The sky truly is the limit if all this goes through, considering we have the best manager in the world and a big load of cash coming his way! This might be a good time for certain players to start trying to cement themselves in the squad before they become expendable

I wouldnt be supprised to see the level of the current squad, suddenly rising.

[puredale]

http://www.football365.com/john_nicholson/0,17033,8746_1751729,00.html

John Nic on f365 raises some interesting points - not least the $300 story!!

However just a couple of months ago a lawsuit was filed in Miami which accuses Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, his brother Sheikh Hamdan and 500 others of being involved in trafficking and enslaving young children from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan and Mauritania. They say this is a baseless allegation. But whether it is or it isn't, it's certainly illustrative of how, when your club is being bought by hyper-rich people, they come with a lot of baggage, rumour and indeed myth. And while Liverpool has been owned by the wealthy Moores family for decades, I'm not sure they were ever accused of child slavery.

[bazza76]

One has to ask the question as to why Maktoum has allowed the building of a Man Ure soccer school as part of the new Dubai city complex

However, he could just be taking money off them to fund our new ground - how funny would that be?

Looking good though, it's nice to see something that would appear to be positive!

I reckon the Man U thing has been in the pipeline for quite some time.

[Gazmo1]

I reckon the Man U thing has been in the pipeline for quite some time.

How do you mean Bazza?

[Iceman]

Emirates Airlines is just another Branch of the family business.

DIC is just one of the business arms of the dubai government

The Dubai government being the Al Maktoum family

and when their sponsorship of the Emirates stadium runs out they can throw even more money at us

The stadium will probably be named after another of their business ventures

The Anfield Godolphin Stadium?

or Arsenal may seek an exit strategy from their deal with Emirates airlines but dont think they could afford that

[Rich]

Maybe we can have some slave children to help build the new Stadium?!?

[royzared]

Maybe we can have some slave children to help build the new Stadium?!?

[red g]

Maybe we can have some slave children to help build the new Stadium?!?

[Craig_H]

[bazza76]

How do you mean Bazza?

I mean, i would think that Man Yo got involved before Dubai holdings were seriously interesed in buying LFC.