Fuck. Guess they killed him 'cos he wasn't keen on the deal then.Apparently, he was a United fan.
Must be some truth in the rumour.
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Must be some truth in the rumour.
Be better if they torture them first.
Correct, a few years ago they did, yes. They're not in the same league as the other oil rich gulf states
If we had owners like Man City, it would be great. The investment in the club and its transformation has been damn impressive. Not sure about an Abramovic type though. If we were to get a new owner, money has to be almost no object to invest, rather than them just being able to afford to buy the club..
The thing is, we have bought so much crap over the years, its untrue. I could see us doing a Mark Hughes type shopping spree when he was at City, which would be typical.
The thing is, we have bought so much crap over the years, its untrue. I could see us doing a Mark Hughes type shopping spree when he was at City, which would be typical.
That website reporting this was set up to be a conduit for certain betting sites, which plan a special bet on a sports story and then the site cobbles together a hyped up story with the appropriate betting links. So it's certainly exaggerated at best.
I don't think there are any doubts as to Henry's disillusionment with British football; and don't forget Werner comes from the world of US TV production, where people are used to making themselves really excited about projects and then dropping them like a stone - that's pretty much what Werner's done with the club. I'm sure they'll sell like a shot if the price they've allowed to be passed around - £650m - is met, but I don't think they're actively talking seriously to anyone at the mo. Henry has other ties to Dubai so he's often over there or calling them so that confuses the issue. But, like Everton, the message has been out there for sometime that the club is available.
I don't think there are any doubts as to Henry's disillusionment with British football; and don't forget Werner comes from the world of US TV production, where people are used to making themselves really excited about projects and then dropping them like a stone - that's pretty much what Werner's done with the club. I'm sure they'll sell like a shot if the price they've allowed to be passed around - £650m - is met, but I don't think they're actively talking seriously to anyone at the mo. Henry has other ties to Dubai so he's often over there or calling them so that confuses the issue. But, like Everton, the message has been out there for sometime that the club is available.
Indeed, I think it's always been that. They picked us up cheap in what, I can't remember if that phrase was attributed to Hicks or Gillett, was called "an epic swindle" but they were right. Worked hard on us to be a financially pretty well balanced club and would always sell as and when the right price came along. That's not to say they don't like us, they do in the main, it's the football authorities they don't get (who does).
It's like someone buying a classic car you've always liked the look of, everyone has a soft spot for and has been a race winner at Le Mans a few times. It had been owned from new by a well meaning family, who did not really have the cash to spend when it was going a bit tatty around the seams, they sold it (accidentally) to a couple of dodgy used car salesman, who saw an opportunity to make money and patched it up badly and went bust. The present owners had the auctioneer in their pocket and did a good deal freeing up some money, and have spent time and money getting the bodywork, interior and the chassis into good condition, it's all there, but they need to spend a lot of money on a new engine - oh and chuck the old carburettor away too. It's got a For Sale sign in the windscreen at every classic car show they take it to.
It's like someone buying a classic car you've always liked the look of, everyone has a soft spot for and has been a race winner at Le Mans a few times. It had been owned from new by a well meaning family, who did not really have the cash to spend when it was going a bit tatty around the seams, they sold it (accidentally) to a couple of dodgy used car salesman, who saw an opportunity to make money and patched it up badly and went bust. The present owners had the auctioneer in their pocket and did a good deal freeing up some money, and have spent time and money getting the bodywork, interior and the chassis into good condition, it's all there, but they need to spend a lot of money on a new engine - oh and chuck the old carburettor away too. It's got a For Sale sign in the windscreen at every classic car show they take it to.
Good analogy that.
I've said that from day one that they were more interested in our long term value & saleability than all the other factors cited when they bought us.
I don't blame them for that, they stopped a horrible scenario from getting even worse in the process, & whilst they haven't been able to make us competitive again at least they haven't saddled us with billions in debt like the American owners down the M62 have to Utd.
I'd sell if I was them. After the completion of the stadium the next step is a big one. To compete with the financial powerhouses will require competing for elite players, just as Man City did from nowhere and Chelsea before them.
The current owners deserve a profit but I doubt they have the clout to continue the project.
The current owners deserve a profit but I doubt they have the clout to continue the project.
Yes they did, which is why the Burj Khalifa is called the Burj Khalifa. Abu Dhabi had to bail Dubai out and so they named it after one of the Abu Dhabi top guys.
I'm not sure how much of a forward step this is. Anyone expecting us to be the new Citeh may be sadly disappointed. Possibly. Maybe.
Their biggest problem seems to be being misadvised by whoever it is that is advising on Football. The money they have trusted to various managers that has been pissed away is upsetting. OK we are being wise after the event, but what a team we could have had - and probably retained. Had they gone all out to employ one of the games great administrators like David Dein for example instead of that buffoon Ayre, their tenure would have been even better
Dubai suffered back in 2008-9 when the finacial crisis hit them. However they have recovered ok since then, and is quite busy again. Dubai is like a pyramide game, where you constantly need some New players to see the Growth. They can't (like Saudi and Abu Dhabi) leverage from Natural Resources, so all they have is constant Growth With New investors coming in. Real Estate is one major thing, and of course international financing and banking. These days they are not too shabby, and the bailing out by Abu Dhabi was back in 2008-9 I think, when they had some real crazy Projects (artificial islands called the world etc) going With no New investors coming in to play With them.....
"Torture you, that's good, that's a good idea, I like that one."
Thank you Mr Blonde
Personally I've never wanted us to have success that 'we' can't be said to have earned in some way. I know most fans don't seem to care but I don't really understand how, say, a City fan can take much joy in the success they've had. It's had absolutely nothing to do with City. It could've been any team.
What I'd really like is for the fans to somehow buy the club back, maybe in stages or something.
That's not going to happen, so my next hope is something we've kind of been working towards but ever so slowly: profit-seeking owners who both have some kind of feeling for the club and the means to secure a necessary investment.
What I'd really like is for the fans to somehow buy the club back, maybe in stages or something.
That's not going to happen, so my next hope is something we've kind of been working towards but ever so slowly: profit-seeking owners who both have some kind of feeling for the club and the means to secure a necessary investment.
Peter, you're talking bollocks again.
A City fan takes joy in their success because pretty much all of them under the age of 55 had never seen them win anything of note.
Trust me, there's no question they take delight in watching the players they now have winning things - they could not give a fuck that it could have been any team - it wasn't - it was their team and they were already in a position were they would have given a testical just to be anywhere near as shite as we have been for the last 20 years.
Footballs not about "feeling for clubs" at an ownership level - you know this - it's about who has the biggest pile of cash and who can spend it best.
Wouldn't matter if fans owned the club - would still be about money.
It's also bollocks because fans can't afford it.
The fan ownership thing was a joke. That daft Rogan Taylor tried to get people to commit a relatively low sum to buy the club a few years back. Guess what? It failed
Here's a little idea to ponder for those of you who are purer and have a higher moral threshold than I -
Imagine these Arabs came to buy us and FSG knobbed them off- at which point they go and do a deal with luvvie Kenwright.
Fast forward 3/4 years - Everton have a brand new 65k capacity ground and beating us to the best players - playing Champions League and us sliding further into mediocrity-
Does it really take much thinking about?
Imagine these Arabs came to buy us and FSG knobbed them off- at which point they go and do a deal with luvvie Kenwright.
Fast forward 3/4 years - Everton have a brand new 65k capacity ground and beating us to the best players - playing Champions League and us sliding further into mediocrity-
Does it really take much thinking about?
If I'm thinking of the right thing, then they wanted £5,000 per share. They also didn't want any foreign fans investing and prevented them from doing so until it became obvious that their attempt was going to fail.
I think they set the share price a bit too high and their anti foreigner policy lost them a lot of money and credibility.
That's a genuinely chilling scenario. Thanks for that I'll have nightmares about it now.
We'd probably still fuck it up ha.
Dear Sirs, my name is Prince Sadid of Nigeria, I am buying the Liverpool Football Club.
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