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Right, the inbox is groaning with PMs so, with respect and in the interests of sanity and practicality I’ve deleted the lot. I understand and share the clamour for info, and that’s what I’ve been trying to get all day. In a takeover process like this there will be lulls, there’ll be periods of frantic activity and today has been, in terms of solid-gold info, slow. Let’s recap…

Sunday night, Huang decides the right way to proceed is to go public with his interest. (Let’s use the name ‘Huang’ as shorthand, here. Everyone now understands that he is the front man for a takeover group of, believe me, enormous wealth. If this comes down to Martin Broughton having the casting vote, he‘ll have to apologise to Abramovich and tell him they‘re worth a hundred of him). Paul McCarthy asked on SSN why Huang refused to sign a confidentiality clause, implying that this somehow made his bid less credible. Wrong. The opposite is true. Huang has driven this right out into the open so that the world can see how much is at stake and how it’s playing out. Nobody is suggesting that, behind closed doors, the Liverpool board might feel tempted to act in an underhand way. But with Huang taking his bid out into the open air, if the LFC board DOES subsequently decide to decline his offer they’re now obliged to tell us how they reached that decision.

I get my info from six different people at differing times. Four of them I’d call friends. They’re all, in their field, very well placed, very influential. They’re people who, if anyone could know, would know what’s going on with these bids. I trust them. And after yesterday‘s board meeting, they were convinced that the Huang bid was the one being taken seriously by the board, by RBS and by Barcap. To put it another way, there is only one bid that has been referred to the Premier League by Liverpool F.C, and that’s the Huang bid.

What happened between 11 last night and 6 this morning, when Alan Myers broke his Kirdi exclusive? The nature of the exclusive was that at 2 a.m he received an email from Kirdi announcing that he was in “advanced negotiations” with Gillet and Hicks. Nowhere in that statement were the names Barcap or Broughton mentioned, and nothing has appeared since to legitimise Kirdi‘s claims that a takeover is imminent. Only Myers knows why he just happened to be checking emails at 2 a.m - a scoundrel might suggest that the board meeting didn’t go quite as Gillett and Hicks were hoping, and long-established Hicks patsy Myers was contacted as a matter of urgency. Who knows. My own immediate reaction on seeing SSN’s latest sensational(ist) twist was a wry smile and a muttered:

“Here we go then. Bit later than we thought, but here comes George’s fight back…”

As an aside, two of my sources work at the highest level in the City. They both believe that Gillett is about to go bust. According to them, he really, really needs to walk away from this sale with some profit. The “rocket” I alluded to comes from these sources, and is in relation to Gillett’s financial wellbeing. So I’ll say again - Gillett is some poker player. I almost admire his nerve. But in his shoes I’d quit while the going is as good as it is.

The only other thing I can say for sure is that Martin Broughton remains in talks with Kenneth Huang. And that Huang is still very much the front runner. But from a start point where I was sharing monumental information with a mature and generally reasonable forum this has got to a point where I now feel pressurised to provide updates and exclusives where, in reality, days can go by where not much happens. I’m just a fan, desperate to give you all good news but unless and until I can ascertain something conclusive, something that moves this thread significantly closer to the bit where we go out and celebrate, I won’t be posting for a while. And no more PM s please.

And after yesterday‘s board meeting, they were convinced that the Huang bid was the one being taken seriously by the board, by RBS and by Barcap. To put it another way, there is only one bid that has been referred to the Premier League by Liverpool F.C, and that’s the Huang bid.

fergieisawhiskeynosedtw@t wrote:

devaney wrote:

Ciggy wrote:

7_Kewell wrote:our rivals are making decisions? what utter sh!te, as usual.

Not so long ago you said Torres and Gerrard were being sold...you also claimed that "woy" was a yes man and wouldn't do anything to improve the squad or stop players leaving.

How much sh!te can you spout?

Broughton is here to SELL OUR CLUB. Not SELL TORRES TO CHELSEA. The fact he (and Harris) support other teams is irelivant. This is business and they have a job to do.

Is this pick on Ciggy day 

So far this morning bamaga man, Big Mick, Southcoast Shankly and now you.

You gang of arl feckin wimin get a life. 

or you could just use your ignore button, now theres a thought 

Ciggy - I think you talk sh.ite as well but then you know that LOL 

probably one of the most important period in the clubs history and you start spouting off about the Manager.

Stop with the ridiculous posts as your stance on the choice of Roy Hodgson is well documented.

In Roy we trust   YNWA

jono wrote:bamba is like a genuine lakes and the staff on rawk reckon he's a legit ITK

jono wrote:bamba is like a genuine lakes and the staff on rawk reckon he's a legit ITK