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[fivecups]

How can our chairman manage the best interests of Liverpool while in bed with Chelsea? Especially when some of our players are being linked to them. Especially when he attends their end of season do's and hobnobs with their money men openly discussing our problems.

Absolute conflict of interest. Should he leave? Of course. Do we have a board who can meet and agree to get rid? Do we f'uck.

Times:
Martin Broughton, the Liverpool chairman, is reported to have said that it might be better for Fernando Torres to leave because it could take up to three years to sort the club out.

The comments were allegedly made to Charlotte Jackson, the Sky Sports News presenter, who disclosed details of a conversation she had with Broughton, a Chelsea supporter, at the West London club’s Player of the Year awards dinner at Stamford Bridge this month.

“I saw Martin Broughton at Chelsea’s Player of the Year dinner and he refused to tell me that we weren’t going to sell Torres,” Jackson said. “He said, ‘At the moment, he’s still on board, but it’s going to take three years to turn the club around, and at his age . . .’ ”

Sources at Liverpool insist that Broughton’s position on Torres’s future has been made abundantly clear by a series of on-the-record interviews in which the British Airways chairman was adamant that the 26-year-old forward will not be sold this summer.

But the fact that he is alleged to have suggested in a private conversation that the immediate future at Anfield is so bleak that it may be better for Torres to seek pastures new will increase concern among Liverpool supporters that the club’s prized asset could depart.

Torres has attempted to put all talk about his future on the back burner until after the World Cup, but is privately deeply concerned about the direction Liverpool are heading under the ownership of Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. Although it remains highly unlikely that Manchester City, who have expressed an interest in signing the Spain forward, could tempt him from Anfield, Chelsea are also monitoring the situation and the chance to join the Barclays Premier League champions would give Torres food for thought.

When Liverpool played Chelsea at Anfield this month, Broughton decided it would be best, given his allegiances, if he did not attend the game, so the fact that he was at a dinner celebrating Chelsea’s season will not be of any great surprise. But the contents of a conversation he is said to have had at the event will cause a stir, particularly the suggestion that it could be three more years before Liverpool are able to get their house in order.

Chelsea are expected to step up their efforts to sign Yossi Benayoun this week, confident that an offer in the region of £6 million could be enough to convince Liverpool to sell.

Benayoun has been unsettled for several months and had been keen on a move to Russia, with CSKA and Spartak Moscow believed to be interested in acquiring the Israel midfield player.

[Tricky Dicky]

Conflict of interest definately!

[Octsky]

its exactly like finding a referee who is a manc fan for all of our games.

[Octsky]

DD post

[Owzat]

its exactly like finding a referee who is a manc fan for all of our games.

Took you long enough to realise......................... 


I seriously doubt that any considerations over any conflict of interest wouldn't have been taken into account at the time of appointment ie I doubt they'll debate it to the point of getting rid of him more than they debated it at the time of deciding to appoint him in the first place.

How different is it to releasing managers to manage new clubs. They invariably go back to the club they just left to take staff and players, knowing of clauses in contracts etc. And there is often the temptation for players who liked playing under that manager, does that mean we should never let Rafa go or sack him because Torres, Mascherano etc might go with him?!?!?

In an ideal world the owners would be British and loaded, the manager would be British, the players would be homegrown and tickets would be FOC. re ref bias, well just because the ref might not be a manc fan, doesn't mean they mightn't have a hate on for our club.

While Broughton may have more affinity with Chelsea than us, he is still here to do a job and even if he pushes a transfer through of Benayoun say, he would have to take into account Liverpool's best interests as well. If LFC think he is flogging our players on the cheap, or persuading top players to move to SB, then he'll be on his way out soon enough. The owners may have 10 gallon hats and spurs, but they aren't entirely stupid and won't want to see poor value for transfers. That is what surprises me so much at Rafa still being here, they might well be clueless about how much some of his purchases are worth, but surely they seek counsel with someone with a clue about whether Johnson is worth £17.5m, Aquilani £20m etc even if they allow the deals to go through unchecked?!?!?

[Reg]

Yes there are potential conflicts of interest but in reality he's not been brought in to be our CEO but to execute a function - to sell the  club. There are any secrets in saying it will take 3 years to repair the damage, I guess we could all come up with that assumption.

Chelsea fan or not, he will be doing English football a service, not just LFC, by accelerating the exit of G&H.

Grin and bear it, once he's sold the club we may/should/I hope, get an owner who respects both the club and fans who will bring in a professional and passionate chairman.

[Leonmc0708]

He could not attend the Liverpool V chelsea game due to a conflict of interest - but can attend teir end of season dou ?

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[Benny The Noon]

Charlotte Jackson has denied revealing that Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton told her that he could not rule out selling Fernando Torres.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, the Sky Sports News presenter had suggested that British Airways chief Broughton confided in her at Chelsea's Player of the Year awards dinner that he could not guarantee Torres would remain at Anfield beyond the summer.
She was quoted as saying: “I met Martin Broughton and he refused to tell me we weren’t going to sell Torres. He said, ‘At the moment he is still on board, but it is going to take three years to turn the club around, and at his age…’.”

But Liverpool fan Jackson, 31, has since responded to the published interview via Twitter, dismissing the comments attributed to her claiming Torres may have to consider a move to Tottenham Hotspur to maintain his ambition of Champions League football.
She said: "By the way, if you have read the Mail or Times article about Torres it's complete nonsense. Never said anything about him or Tottenham!

[Roger Red Hat]

Torres to Tottenham?  I fecking despair I really do

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But Liverpool fan Jackson, 31, has since responded to the published interview via Twitter, dismissing the comments attributed to her claiming Torres may have to consider a move to Tottenham Hotspur to maintain his ambition of Champions League football.
She said: "By the way, if you have read the Mail or Times article about Torres it's complete nonsense. Never said anything about him or Tottenham!

Do people still believe there is no agenda being conducted by the Mail now 

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He could not attend the Liverpool V chelsea game due to a conflict of interest - but can attend teir end of season dou ?

WE

ARE

FUC.KED

Totally Lad

[dawson99]

If this was a script for a film it would be binned for being too 'out there'

Absolute farce we're becoming, wouldn't be surprised if we had Mike Bassett as our next manager

[Roger Red Hat]

...or Fergie 'Joint' managing 2 teams.

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...or Fergie 'Joint' managing 2 teams.

Taggart is only just managing to juggle his own team with the habitual tonguing of his @rse .... So in that respect it would have to be Joint Manager with Fat Sam( as they now come as a pair  )

[83-1275364913]

So he is chelsea fan , chelsea what Torres cheap ? who here thinks now he is chairman we won't lose Torres to cheslea for all $$$