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by **Anfield rapper** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:05 pm

s@int wrote:LFC OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Paul Eaton 31 January 2007
Liverpool Football Club has noted today's announcement by Dubai International Capital.
The process of seeking new owners for the club is still underway and a decision on the future will be taken in the next few days.

Well that explains everything !!!!

What the fu*k is that? Huh? is that supposed to disspell fears.

Anyway heres an article i found from The Irish Evening Echo which makes quite interesting reading.

Anfield fans fear 'Glazer-type' control

31/01/2007 - 6:29:13 PM

The American entrepreneur George Gillett could win the battle for control of Liverpool within days – a development which is already causing concern among fans.

They included fears that he could be Liverpool’s equivalent of Malcolm Glazer at Manchester United, buying the club and allowing his family to run it.

But Gillett has gazumped Dubai International Capital – who earlier today withdrew their own bid – and is now the only player left in the race for control of the club.

It is expected his offer to chairman David Moores will be made this week and quickly agreed.

A Liverpool spokesman said: “There is a process underway with Mr Gillett, and a decision can be expected in the next few days.”

Sources close to the club expressed confidence that a deal with Gillett is now imminent.

As well as offering more money, the clincher has been that Gillett now accepts that Liverpool will not share their new stadium.

The directors and major shareholders have also been impressed by the speed with which he has carried out due diligence investigations.The length of time taken by DIC to study the accounts had created some nervousness within the club.

Moores had been preparing to give DIC a formal response late this afternoon, but the Dubai group did not wait to hear it before pulling out.

Club fans were confused and worried about the turn of events, with many message boards full of attacks on Moores for the way the Dubai deal broke down.

It is also believed that the Dubai organisation were furious with the way last night’s Liverpool board meeting developed, expecting approval for their bid.

Les Lawson, spokesman for the Liverpool Supporters’ Club, said: “I must admit to being surprised. We had come to terms with the Dubai bid and what it entailed, and the fans accepted that they were fans of the club of long standing and understood the history and heritage of Liverpool.

“Then Gillett comes along and muddies the water. We are worried now about the future and the fact that the Dubai bid had gone on so long and now we are in another period of uncertainty.

“This has been going on for years. Surely it should have been clear by now what the Dubai people wanted.

“The Dubai group were big fans, but we do not know too much about this guy, who it seems has tried to buy other clubs.

“The Dubai deal had been sold to us as being one from people who understood the traditions and heritage of the club. Rick Parry (chief executive) said that was one of the key issues, that the Dubai people did appreciate our history.

“Now we are going to have to wait and see what Gillett wants and does in the future.”

by **mistyred** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:11 pm

Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

by **Igor Zidane** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm

mistyred wrote:
Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

Well said mate, totally agree. I'ts the club that comes first everyting else including the owners nationality is secondary.

by **Anfield rapper** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:17 pm

Igor Zidane wrote:
mistyred wrote:
Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

Well said mate, totally agree. I'ts the club that comes first everyting else including the owners nationality is secondary.

Yeah but have any of his "sports franchises" been that successful? I am afraid all i can see in the future is a club that is happy just to finish in the top 4. Whereas with the sheik i think he wouldn't have been happy until we were champions again.

by **Elchris** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:19 pm

F**k sumethin is very very wrong....it all lookin dark

i think dic got :censored:

off by makin gillet to check the books...was moores tryin to give competition to the sheikh..?? i was happy cause DIC looked like the perfect owner for LFC hope itz not too late...mayb the sheikh n moores can go to starbuck have some cofee and settle it

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:22 pm

Once Liverpool Soccer Club's new superbowl stadium opens and your sat on San Wan Hill everything will be ok again

by **Pedro Maradona** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:22 pm

mistyred wrote:
Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

hes an opportunist, are u telling me this individual knows anything about Liverpool FC??? hes had various different teams in NFL and NHA, none a success and its not the first time he has tried to by a football club...I for one dont want it to be my Football Club...I have stood on the terraces I have shouted for the team through the good and bad....has he?? no he is an old man who is used to buying franchises like the dolphins and the canadiens. Liverpool FC is not a franchise its a football club with a history stretching back over 115 years it should never ever be seen as a franchise that can be bought as an old mans plaything.... If this happened in any other big club in the world there would be supporters rioting over it. Can you imaging Barca, Real, Bayern, doing this??? I dont trust him i dont care how much money he has....
The board did the same with Steve Morgan and now with DIC and then what does it look like they are going to do...sell it to a Glassier clone...its insane

by **Rush Job** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:24 pm

Igor Zidane wrote:
Rush Job wrote:
Igor Zidane wrote:Listen, lads and lasses , absolutely none of this is under our control . It's no use speculating what's going to happen. At the end of the day it's moores decision who he sells his shares too and i for one ain't gonna start slagging him off if he feels what he is doing is right for our club. As far as i'm concerned he has always had the clubs interests at heart. So what has changed now that dic have spat there collective dummies out and pulled the plug on the deal.

I like most of you wanted the dic deal to go through, but we don't know the in's and outs of the proposed deals on offer.
Level heads are needed at this moment in time not accusations of selling out for more money. We just don't know until the board make a statement on the matter.

So in the words of the illustrious Cpl Jones . DON'T PANIC.

Whatever,they messed DIC around after giving there word and why because as Ciggy ses for a bloke who has been BANCRUPED TWISE, how the can he be the best for LFCs future when he hasnt got much of a future left.
And as for a statement there hardly going to come out and admit to up cus of a few extra qiud are they, same as the yank he`ll promise a lot and deliver feck all, he`s hardly going to have a ten year plan is he, the c.unt proberly already wears a nappy.

So what your saying is ,you personally know the state of gillettes finances. Well i bow down to your superior business sense. None of us know what this fella has regarding money, so what he's been bankrupt twice so have alot of successful business men ,that means nothing. All that i'm sayin is lets see what's being offered first before jumping in and slagging moores off. Dic have taken 2 months to make a serious offer , gillette has taken 2 days.

Imo this guy knows what he wants and he's gonna get it .

I said sweat feck all about his finances.
Go on then tell me of all these succesful businenes men who have been bankrupt twice, and no Ian Beale dosent count.
But as money goes he has a lot less than the DIC and will be borrowing a lot more something he does a lot of, but you missed the point sooo here we go again, how long will it be before were on the market again the guy is pushing seventy.

But oh yeah everything will be just peachy im sure, excuse me for being a little pi$$ed off, we could have sold to a bloke who actually gave a :censored:

about the club.

by **REDTILLDEAD** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:25 pm

It will be a sad day in our history if we sell out to a fukking yank who knows feck all about our club?...L.F.C. have only themselves to blame for this fiasco moores/parry should have had this deal tied up ages ago. I can understand the DIC feeling uneasy the club seems to have decided to tout itself to the highest bidder..so much for having the clubs best intrest at heart. I think a protest is needed...and what better opportunity than saturdays derby game...sorry but it seems to me moores/parry have fukked up on this one big style. :oh:

by **adamnbarrett** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:28 pm

Yanks say.....Defo no groundshare and increased transfer budget.

USA USA

by **Pedro Maradona** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:30 pm

Igor Zidane wrote:
mistyred wrote:
Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

Well said mate, totally agree. I'ts the club that comes first everyting else including the owners nationality is secondary.

clever business brain that got bankrupt twice?

its not a dig at all americans....just the capitalist opportunistic ones who have no culture .....oh maybe thats all of them. call me a racist or a luddite but I hate the way this guy turns up at the doorstep with all this money, what are his motives, what does he know about football....I spent a lot of time in the USA and they have not got an absolute clue about the game...and I dont trust the future of the club in his or any americans hands....

by **66-1120597113** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:30 pm

Its not the end of the world if LFC are not taken over by DIC or Gillette.....We will just have to make do with what we have!
LFC have been around longer than any of these companies and will be around a lot longer when they are gone.
Just because Chelsea have Abromavich and UTD have the Glaziers,it does not mean we must follow suit....Even with their wealth there is not a lot between us!

Im not really bothered either way if we are or not taken over!If it happens it must be 100% benificial to LFC in every clause of the contract or its worth fu.ck all...Raffa had hardly any cash at Valencia and we all know what happened there!

by **jkop** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:32 pm

BarryBelfast wrote:Its not the end of the world if LFC are not taken over by DIC or Gillette.....We will just have to make do with what we have!
LFC have been around longer than any of these companies and will be around a lot longer when they are gone.
Just because Chelsea have Abromavich and UTD have the Glaziers,it does not mean we must follow suit....Even with their wealth there is not a lot between us!

Im not really bothered either way if we are or not taken over!If it happens it must be 100% benificial to LFC in every clause of the contract or its worth fu.ck all...Raffa had hardly any cash at Valencia and we all know what happened there!

I agree, very well put Barry. :nod

by **Rush Job** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:35 pm

mistyred wrote:
Pedro Maradona wrote:check it on the net.......says it all really. Hes a f**kin yankie tw*t

Pedro Doesn't matter where your from he's still human got experience in Business obviously is clever enough to bide his time come back stronger and hit were it hurts thus eliminating the oppossition, now thats a clever business brain.

As long as the the hesrt of the club remains and traditions, (which i'm sure the fans will keep that alive) everything should pan out fine.

All he did was offer a little more dosh, if you think thats clever then your very easly impressed.

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:37 pm

Dubai or not to buy?
Premiership | Liverpool
by Phil McNulty - BBC Sport 31 January 2007

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Dubai International Capital's decision to walk away from its proposed takeover of Liverpool is the end of a love affair that grew cold with astonishing speed.

It was only a fortnight ago that Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry was in bullish mood about the arrival at the Shankly Gates of the investment arm of the Dubai government.

He told BBC Five Live's Sportsweek: "A huge amount of work has been going on, we'll have something to say soon.

"Yes, the deal is looking positive and yes, I'm confident it will go through. This will take us to the next level.

"But it's not a quick fix, a rich man's plaything. It's a long-term model for success, based around the new stadium."

Not any more it isn't.

It appears hesitation on the part of the Liverpool board, led by chairman David Moores, to formally accept DIC's bid in the wake of a second offer from American George Gillett has killed the deal stone dead.

This was meant to be the dream scenario for Liverpool. The deal that would see the Sheikhs of Dubai lavishing riches on Anfield that would put them alongside Chelsea.

It was never going to be work of a maverick benefactor on a Roman Abramovich scale, DIC is too shrewd and businesslike for that, but it seemed a perfect fit.

Now it appears that, as far as Moores and Parry are concerned, Gillett is the best a man can get.

Gillett may prove a palatable alternative - and do not rule out interest from other parties waiting in the wings as DIC pulled out.

DIC was welcomed with open arms by both Liverpool Football Club and their fans.

Serious people with serious investment and serious lovers of sport. There was even talk of some of the DIC hierarchy having Liverpool screen-savers on their mobile phones.

Boyhood fans and all that.

But it is clear this trail has been going cold over the last few days as the shadow of Gillett, owner of Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team, suddenly re-emerged.

Gillett appeared to have been seen off by DIC, and initial suggestions that Liverpool may take his renewed takeover bid seriously were swiftly sidelined by sources within Anfield.

But Gillett has made crucial moves in the last week that forced Liverpool to reconsider him as a serious proposition.

He completed his due diligence programme within three days - after DIC had taken the best part of a month over the same process.

He happily agreed to personally underwrite the potential £200m-plus cost of a new stadium without hesitation.

Was DIC reluctant to underwrite in such a fashion? If it was, it may have suggested to Liverpool a slight dent in their enthusiasm.

He delivered guarantees on future transfer funds.

And, crucially, Gillett was able to reject what some previously saw as a key plank of his proposal - namely a groundshare with neighbours Everton.

Liverpool chairman Moores, who owns 51.6% of the club, would get £8m more from the Gillett deal, but it would be unfair to suggest this would sway a deal.

Moores has never been motivated by personal gain from Liverpool - which suggests he was having serious reservations about choosing DIC ahead of Gillett over and above financial considerations.

I understand Moores has recently come under pressure from minor shareholders to consider Gillett's offer, which is worth £500 a share more than DIC's.

Now DIC have made that decision for him and only time will tell if Moores' hesitation to rubber-stamp a deal at a London Docklands hotel on Tuesday will be fatal.

Gillett covers many bases for Liverpool.

He is rich. He is a sports lover.

But Liverpool have trumpeted the merits of the DIC proposal so loudly, it will be interested to see how they pitch Gillett as the new dream ticket.

One thing is certain. Any deal must be done quickly and DIC's withdrawal has hardly accelerated the process.

Building work on Liverpool's new stadium is scheduled to start in March - and finance from a new owner is at the very heart of the foundations.

Liverpool cannot delay further. And Gillett is now in pole position to exploit DIC's withdrawal.

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