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by **Ciggy** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:14 am

Simari wrote:From twitter

# jd77

"The official website is refusing to post Hicks and Gillett's 'statement'. Open warfare."

I like

Something positive to end the day !

They even posted that Hicks wants shut of them on that offal facebook site where theres like 10 million mings the gloves are off !!! :buttrock

by **Simari** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:22 am

That's it. Must sleep.

Ciggy, take up Nanny's offer on the tablet

by **NANNY RED** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:23 am

Ciggy wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:you can have one of my tablets

Yes please

Hes not in from work yet Im on the last dregs of me Rose he will say why arnt you in bed if I mention them tw@ts once more hes gona kick me out the house hes sick of hearing about them

ive hsd the sne stty from him, id bettergrt ogg cant evn srr te keybodsr

Feckinh ell good nihgt and glfd bles yues were certanly gnna need the hep og im vrt son,

Pilloe club is allinme sees yeh

by **LFC2007** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:26 am

NANNY RED wrote:
Ciggy wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:you can have one of my tablets

Yes please

Hes not in from work yet Im on the last dregs of me Rose he will say why arnt you in bed if I mention them tw@ts once more hes gona kick me out the house hes sick of hearing about them

ive hsd the sne stty from him, id bettergrt ogg cant evn srr te keybodsr

Feckinh ell good nihgt and glfd bles yues were certanly gnna need the hep og im vrt son,

Pilloe club is allinme sees yeh

Didn't know you could speak Dutch :laugh:

by **Ciggy** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:26 am

NANNY RED wrote: ive hsd the sne stty from him, id bettergrt ogg cant evn srr te keybodsr

Feckinh ell good nihgt and glfd bles yues were certanly gnna need the hep og im vrt son,

Pilloe club is allinme sees yeh

K'inell are you sure they are sleeping tablets and not rohypnol? :laugh:

by **Madmax** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:29 am

Ciggy wrote:
NANNY RED wrote::laugh: ive hsd the sne stty from him, id bettergrt ogg cant evn srr te keybodsr

Feckinh ell good nihgt and glfd bles yues were certanly gnna need the hep og im vrt son,

Pilloe club is allinme sees yeh

K'inell are you sure they are sleeping tablets and not rohypnol?

seems like ciggy has been having something else

by **LFC2007** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:04 am

Anfield at war as Americans make last bid to keep control

Hicks and Gillett attempt to remove rivals from board after two 'excellent' bids to buy Liverpool are received

By Ian Herbert and Nick Harris

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

The last-ditch struggle by Liverpool's owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to hold onto the club turned into all-out civil war last night when it was revealed that the Americans had sought to oust the other members of the board, just as they were poised to accept two offers which would have forced the two proprietors out.

The club took the extraordinary step of declaring through its own website that the two bids it has received – one of them from US sports group New England Sports Ventures, owners of the Boston Red Sox; the other from Asia – were "excellent financial offers" which would repay all the club's debt and enable the construction of the new stadium which is critical to the club's future.

But as of yesterday afternoon Hicks and Gillett, whose contribution to Liverpool's London board meeting came via a conference call, possibly from Texas, considered managing director Christian Purslow and commercial director Ian Ayre to be suspended. The Americans are attempting to replace these two individuals, who with executive chairman Martin Broughton want one of the bids to be accepted, with Mack Hicks, Tom Hicks' son, and Lori Kay McCutcheon, a vice-president at Hicks Holdings.

The Independent understands that the non-American board members believe that Hicks and Gillett do not have the right under the Companies Act to remove Purslow and Ayre. The international law firm Slaughter & May, engaged by Broughton in June, had already begun work last night to prove this point. That legal battle is critical.

Broughton believes that if his lawyers can establish the illegality of the suspensions, then they also have the power to force through whichever of the two new bids they consider the best. Both bids, which are believed to value the club in the region of £300m, would mean Hicks and Gillett walking away with nothing in return for the investment they have put into the club.

Hicks and Gillett said in a rare joint statement early today: "The owners have invested more than $270m in cash into the club, and during their tenure revenues have nearly doubled. There is no change in our commitment to finding a buyer for Liverpool Football Club at a fair price that reflects the very significant investment we've made."

All may become clearer in the next few days. But if the legal argument is lost, the Americans will be able to block the new bids and the club's destiny will then fall into the hands of its bankers Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), whose £273m of loans and fees owing is due for refinancing by 15 October.

One option open to RBS is to forecloseon the Americans. This is a route the bank have not been keen on though there was a growing feeling around Anfield last night that the presence of two imminent prospective buyers – who have undertaken all the due diligence needed – may make RBS more willing to foreclose. How the club might therefore be handed over is difficult to ascertain but the Americans' seem to be spiralling through their Anfield endgame. Last night's dramatic developments coincided with a powerful viral film, Dear Mr Hicks, produced by the filmmaker Mike Jefferies.

Gillett was said to be away from his office "travelling" late last night, though it is understood that he and Hicks were together when they established contact with the board meeting by telephone yesterday afternoon.

Broughton appears to consider the two latest bids far more credible than those which surfaced in late summer amid much publicity. The fact that New England Sports Ventures and the unnamed second prospective buyer have remained below the radar has reinforced their credibility. A source very well connected to Liverpool described New England to The Independent as a "quality" outfit which had been on the scene for some time. Both prospective buyers had waited until the last moment to approach Hicks and Gillett, with Broughton expecting this response. But neither could have expected this state of civil war. "It's chaos, with injunctions flying everywhere," one source said.

NESV is part-controlled by John W Henry, a futures trading adviser and dollar billionaire whose fortune has been estimated at more than $600·million. Television producer Tom Werner is also a shareholder, as is the New York Times Company.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport....52.html

by **Ciggy** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:20 am

No more Yanks, dont care if they are crediable now the last ones where supposed to be. No more Hedge fund LBO merchants no chance !!!

by **JoeTerp** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:19 am

pretty ridiculous to judge a country of 330 million people based on two.

The Red Sox hadn't won the World Series in over 80 years when they got their new owners, and then won a title 2 years later, and then again 3 years later.

by **liverpoolusfan** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:21 am

I would very happy if the New England venture took over. They own the Red Sox(my favorite baseball team) who, before they took over, had not won the world series since 1945 (and you thought LFC's prem title drought was long). Since they took over, the Sox have won 2 world series and have been competitive every year, having one of the highest payrolls in the league aside from the Yankees.

There's no doubt in my mind they'll be pouring in the funds to take my favorite football team to the top again.

by **Octsky** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:15 am

liverpoolusfan wrote:I would very happy if the New England venture took over. They own the Red Sox(my favorite baseball team) who, before they took over, had not won the world series since 1945 (and you thought LFC's prem title drought was long). Since they took over, the Sox have won 2 world series and have been competitive every year, having one of the highest payrolls in the league aside from the Yankees.

There's no doubt in my mind they'll be pouring in the funds to take my favorite football team to the top again.

??
why get rid of 2 american scums in exchange of half a dozen more ??

this is stupid.

if the chinese buy us, we will be the biggest club in the world by a MILE within 5-7 yrs. the potential in the chinese mkt is limitless.
They are buying american debts, greece debts, spanish debts, etc etc.

by **Octsky** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:35 am

JoeTerp wrote:pretty ridiculous to judge a country of 330 million people based on two.

The Red Sox hadn't won the World Series in over 80 years when they got their new owners, and then won a title 2 years later, and then again 3 years later.

based on two?

how abt the clowns at AIG, citi, bear sterns, lehman bro, Goldman, Merrill lynch, fannie, freddie, nearly costing a world wide depression.

corporate greed is too evident in the US.
this is a football club where we bring our families to, not a money churning biz.

by **laza** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:00 am

JoeTerp wrote:pretty ridiculous to judge a country of 330 million people based on two.

The Red Sox hadn't won the World Series in over 80 years when they got their new owners, and then won a title 2 years later, and then again 3 years later.

Totally agree,

Nationality is irrevelent and greed has no boundaries whether it be the yanks, arabs, chinese or the Russian mafia.

As long as their bid has financial cred and stability , where they come doesnt mean a toss to me

This money bubble that has enveloped the league since arrival of Roman is going to burst sooner rather then later, a stable owner is far more important to me then anything else

Everyone screaming yanks out now but who wasnt desperate to get some financial suger daddy into Anfield to get us back on terms with MANU and Chelsea. Which got us in this mess in the first place

by **Teshie** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:12 am

mmmm can't wait to get home from work and see the final chapter (hopefully) of this nightmare end and the fairytale of a new beginning start. Indoor soccer at 8pm (Australian eastern time) and after that my eyes will be glued to the forums and football websites

by **NANNY RED** » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:50 am

BREAKING NEWS ON SKY .LIVERPOOL HAVE AGREED IN PRINCIPAL TO SEL THE CLUB TO THE BOSTON RED SOX FELLA

MORE TO FOLLOW AS IT COMES IN , A STATEMENT SOON

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