tomski

feckity b0ll0cks

it's true.....

We're never on our knees at anfield

Yes through the use of a cunning rotating turntable pinched from Stacey Island. It's all true, I tell ya

No pork products and a dry stadium too Prayer mats for stewards.

Heard some interesting news on the takeover just before xmas via people involved in the club's financial management. The concensus is that the deal is pretty much done. The word is that nobody expects to retain their job at the club after the takover - bar Parry and Moores (who will retain some kind of role). Basically a root and branch re-staffing of club's financial, PR and administrative offices. Big changes all round.

He's 28 younger than I thought he was, good buy, will be at his peak.

Fog is now clearing, fecking hell Grrrr.

it's off.

you may be right. All this public talk about not splashing the cash could be strategic.

how about looking at the prem: papa dioup looked a pretty good destructive midfield player the other day. rio-coker? he's been s*** this year but a good prospect.

Was his bow-tie spinning when he said this? But seriously, that's a really heartening statement. Well in Ricky lad.

Moores stands in way of Liverpool FC bid by Frank Kane Arabian Business Weekly Update: http://www.itp.net/business/news/details.p...1&category= Bright future: Liverpool Football Club?s proposed US$200m new stadium could be funded by DIC money. Dubai International Capital, one of the investment vehicles of the Dubai government, is leading the race to buy Britain?s Liverpool Football Club ? but several problems could yet stall the deal. DIC executives travelled to Britain last week to meet with their Liverpool counterparts and advisers to try to resolve the tricky position of David Moores, the Liverpool chairman, who has a 51% shareholding. Both Liverpool, controlled for decades by the Moores family, and DIC confirmed last week they were in exclusive talks about a financial package to take control of the debt-laden club, which is still regarded as one of the great brand names in international sport. DIC chief executive Sameer Al-Ansari said: ?We will be commencing due diligence in the coming days and continuing discussions with Liverpool which may or may not lead to a formal offer. ?We are supporters ? of the game and of the club,? he added. ?Liverpool?s investment requirements have been well-publicised and we hope we can agree a deal that will provide the club with the funds it needs, both on and off the pitch.? The prospects of a deal were also talked up by Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry: ?This is the latest step on the road of finding the long-term investment that the club needs,? he said. ?This is very important in terms of the proposed new stadium, which is key to plans for the regeneration of the local community. ?On the pitch, Liverpool remains focused on winning and, here again, this is all about doing a deal that gives us the long-term resources to do that,? Parry added. But sources close to the negotiations between the two sides do not think a deal is close to being tied up, and suggest it may take until next year to complete the due diligence process. The Reds? cash needs are urgent and apparent. With some US$157m of bank debt and another US$393m the estimated cost of a new stadium, the club needs a financial injection to allow it to compete at the top level of the European game. It has been noticeably falling behind well-financed clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United in recent years. DIC is willing to invest around US$884m, but advisers believe there is as yet no agreement on a central issue, which could still derail the deal: the value put on his controlling 51% per cent stake by chairman David Moores. Liverpool shares are not traded on an official stock market, but the most recent transactions have valued them at US$6485 each, valuing the clubs share capital at around US$226m. Moores is thought to have asked DIC for at least US$8845 a share, to reflect a takeover premium for his stake. Dubai's DIC believes this money would be better spent on investment in the new stadium and players. ?It is an issue which will have to be successfully negotiated,? said a Dubai adviser. ?If he [Moores] holds out for too much he might just negate the benefits of the deal.? Also under discussion are the other major shareholders in the club. Businessman Steve Morgan ? who has been critical of the Moores regime in the past ? has around 10%, while broadcaster ITV has a similar stake, inherited from the old Granada television group. Moores? uncompromising stand on price has been a stumbling block in the past. George Gillett, owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice-hockey team, proposed a similar deal to DIC?s earlier this year, only to have it knocked back by Moores' determination to get full value for his shares. One possible compromise would see DIC buying a minority, but controlling, stake and investing capital directly into the new stadium. Moores would remain a shareholder, possibly with an honourary position at the club. ?If he stays on it might make Liverpudlians more comfortable about the new owners,? said one adviser. However, this arrangement is unlikely to comfort DIC, which has a track record of seeking full control for most of its other investments, like the Tussauds waxworks tourist attraction and the Travelodge hotel chain.

Exact same thing is in the guardian. It's just quoted verbatim from the press conference.

Very good that.

Take away the headgear and he's a dead cert for "action man adventurer" Does he come with gripping hands? Opps just seen someone's got there already......

Stuck between a rock and a hard place. Not delighted that ownership is uprooted from a local familly, who have probably got a greater emotional investment in the club than an outsider would ever have. However contemporary global economic realities have shown that there is little room for sentiment in football anymore. We either do this or tread water for god knows how long. I don't believe the championship is achiveable without investment of this type.

Morgan. Could be that they've got such humungous amounts of money that they feel they can absorb any discrepancies. Bascaly they are set on the deal and a few million quid here or there isn't going to make a difference.

Today's Grauniad: http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1964137,00.html Dubai investors promise to up Liverpool's spending power Dubai International Capital, the state-owned private equity firm which hopes to purchase Liverpool, has confirmed that it can provide the financial backing to allow the Premiership club to compete more effectively with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea should it complete its £450m takeover at Anfield. [...] "Liverpool's investment requirements are well publicised," said Al-Ansari. "We hope we can agree a deal that will provide us with the opportunity to fund its needs both on and off the pitch." Today's Indy: http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/pr...icle2040146.ece Liverpool's potential new owners made it clear last night that their proposed £450m takeover will be just a starting point for "significant" investment in the club, including substantial long-term transfer funds to allow the club to compete with the billionaire-owned Chelsea and Manchester United for the Premiership title, and with Europe's biggest clubs for continental honours. [...] A DIC source suggested Rafael Benitez's job as the manager at Anfield would be safe under DIC ownership, and that the Spaniard will have more cash available for players than any Liverpool manager in memory. "DIC are serious people with serious resources," the source said. "That does not mean spending willy-nilly like Chelsea have done at times, so don't expect £21m a time on a succession of Shaun Wright-Phillipses who don't end up playing. But whatever money is required, in a way that makes sense for Liverpool, on and off the pitch, will be available."

It's a date...

We'll move to the top of Bush's "evildoers" list. Expect a cruise missile anyday. Good news is their guidance systems are so s*** they'll probably hit woodison....

At last someone PITCHES in with a sensible comment.

Stop please! I'm WELLing up.

5 mins IT.......come on for feck's sake!

feck side netting........intensly frustrating....grrrrrrrrr