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[Ciggy]

Deffo reeks of Thomas this Singapore fella.

Spanner well and trully in the works now with this fella,

radio Merseyside dead interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_merseyside

[NANNY RED]

Deffo reeks of Thomas this Singapore fella.

Spanner well and trully in the works now with this fella,

radio Merseyside dead interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_merseyside

Dunno what to do now Cigg , about tomorrow with it just being RBS V hICKS i dunno weather to wait till its LFC v Hicks

Listening to this ,its dead good

[Ben Patrick]

Ben mate ive had enough , im chocker , what that says mate is i wish every one would just fu.ck off and leave us alone . are ay your getting me confused now ,well i know what it means . 

sound am with ye San.

We will get the lads an pull em out of that dirty orrible premiership and throw em in the zingari.

I'll play then, when am over me injury like 

[Ciggy]

Rogers a bitter b@stard

[bunglemark2]

Deffo reeks of Thomas this Singapore fella.

Spanner well and trully in the works now with this fella,

radio Merseyside dead interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_merseyside

What was the jist of it ? I missed it....

Are we up the creek with this ALLEGED improved offer, as far as the court case goes ? This ku.nt has come out of nowhere the day before the court case....smacks of underhand tactics.....where was he up to now ? Or have the current board mentioned them before today ?

[Ciggy]

Deffo reeks of Thomas this Singapore fella.

Spanner well and trully in the works now with this fella,

radio Merseyside dead interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_merseyside

What was the jist of it ? I missed it....

Are we up the creek with this ALLEGED improved offer, as far as the court case goes ? This ku.nt has come out of nowhere the day before the court case....smacks of underhand tactics.....where was he up to now ? Or have the current board mentioned them before today ?

keep it on listen to the bitter b@stards.

[dundreamin]

Dont worry it's going to be ok. I can feel it the nightmares nearly over.lfc have been tested once more and we have come through it. Thats why this club is unique.we come through the lot REJOICE its almost done.AT THE END OF A STORM THERES A GOLDEN SKY!

[NANNY RED]

ay ay

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport....ry.html

[shabelle50]

Who is Mr Lim? If he's got so much money why has it taken him this long to put it up? This doesn't compare to H&G/DIC. I suspect it's a deliberate attempt by the BEEB and others to try and keep the story going by suggesting that there is a rival bid to NESV when in reality there isn't. You're too late anyway Mr Lim the deal's virtually done with NESV!

[NANNY RED]

Following on from our earlier release regarding the Court Hearing tomorrow (Tuesday 12th October) we have been informed that the hearing will be opened and then adjourned in a matter of minutes. Therefore Spirit Of Shankly will not be travelling from Liverpool to the Courts in London tomorrow, but will be planning to attend the subsequent hearing. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we will update members as soon as possible regarding any future date. Those who expressed an interest for tomorrow will be given first priority for any subsequent travel arrangements.

Those who still wish to be in attendance tomorrow, we ask you to again consider the feelings of those who will be attending the 7/7 Inquests also taking place tomorrow.


Spirit Of Shankly

[dundreamin]

Just got that email off sos WTF is going on?

[NANNY RED]

Sporting Inteligence

The search for the identity of the Asian bidder who pushed New England Sports Ventures close in the race to seal a deal to buy Liverpool ended with Robert Peston’s report on the BBC earlier today.

Peston’s scoop named him as Peter Lim, a Singapore businessman with a fortune Forbes Asia estimate at £1bn, who believed he was the front-runner for Liverpool until just before the club announced a £300m deal with NESV.

The NESV deal is conditional on the outcome of High Court action by RBS and / or Liverpool against the club’s current owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett.


The emergence of Lim’s identity and his interest – confirmed by all sides as “serious” and “credible” – is significant because it finally confirms multiple bidders for an asset that really deserved to have been more hotly contested in the first place.

Lim’s interest in English football is reportedly based on the fact he owns several Manchester United themed bars across Asia; 14 of them, to be precise, according to a spokesman, although they are not official United bars.

Lim first became involved in United-themed bars and stores in 1992 through a joint venture with FJ Benjamin. The latter pulled out of the sector when it didn’t work.

Beyond that, Lim’s tangible interest in any sport has been limited to a one-off donation (albeit massive, $7m) earlier this year to the Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) to fund upcoming athletes.

Sportingintelligenc e has been told this evening that Lim would be interested in having a chance to increase his offer for Liverpool, and that he was “surprised and disappointed” that he wasn’t offered the chance to outbid NESV. He accepts, however, “that if it’s not possible, then it’s not possible”, and understands that NESV has a legal agreement in place to buy the club if the court action goes positively for RBS.

NESV queered the pitch slightly by briefing – or allowing briefing on their behalf – that they could walk away if Liverpool went into administration. This created a public perception that they are not as committed as they might have seemed originally. This wavering has allowed room for Lim to re-enter the fray, if only in PR terms.

Sportingintelligenc e has further established:

•Lim opened talks with Liverpool as late as 22 September.
•Also know as Peter Lim Eng Hock, the basis of his fortune was agribusiness, property and latterly retail, with one early successful investment in Wilmar putting him on the road to riches.
•Lim was nicknamed “King of the Remisiers” for his reputation as a consistent profit-making  stockbroker.
•Now 57, he retired from his hugely lucrative stockbroking work in the mid-90s when he was going through a divorce in which he sought custody of his children, then four and two. His daughter is now 18 and his son is 16.
•The divorce proceedings, from his ex-wife Madam Venus Teo Geok Fong, produced pages of gossipy details for Singapore’s newspapers for days on end in the 1990s.
•The divorce clearly had a major ongoing impact on his life and outlook. In an interview as recently as 2007, Lim said: “Money is a funny thing. When you don’t have it, you want it. But when you have it, you have a lot of problems. I believe that if I’d had no money, I wouldn’t have had my divorce. Things wouldn’t be good, but it wouldn’t end up in a divorce.”
•Lim has also said: “The money part of me – I just want to get away from it because I think that part of my life has given me a lot of trouble.”
•Lim’s philanthropy stretches beyond the SOF. Earlier this year he won the biggest libel payout in Singaporean history (details here), and he doubled the Sing$220,000 award he received and donated it to educational charity.
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In terms of track record in sport, NESV and John W Henry, not least with their work at the Boston Red Sox since 2002 (click here for a Boston sports editor’s view, and here for a wider profile) are clearly much more accomplished in what they’ve achieved in sports ownership. Lim is an intriguing back-up if the week ahead takes as many more twists and turns as one might expect in this saga.


ha ha check out his ex mrs name

[Reg]

Been away the last few days so missed this last bit of action however MB's brief was to find the 'most suitable' buyer for the club - so Lim's bid might be higher but as he didnt come into the frame until 2 weeks ago..... seems he's in it for the publicity like Kenny the Spiv more than as a serious bidder.

Move along, theres nothing to see.

[bunglemark2]

Been away the last few days so missed this last bit of action however MB's brief was to find the 'most suitable' buyer for the club - so Lim's bid might be higher but as he didnt come into the frame until 2 weeks ago..... seems he's in it for the publicity like Kenny the Spiv more than as a serious bidder.

Move along, theres nothing to see.

Might not be that clear cut if it is argued he has the resources to pay more than NESV are offering.

[boodiddy1]

I'm getting new owners and loads of money for my club for my birthday tomorrow! I really believe in fairytales now