I think a takeover deal is done
in [Liverpool]
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From: bofh on 3 Aug 2010 13:45 On 3 Aug, 18:41, Jussi Uosukainen <j...(a)iki.fi> wrote: > bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > no mate - just making a point about the Media treatment of Liverpool > > football club. > > You are sounding just as paranoid as pope, though. Get a grip. I fully support the new manager ;-)
From: Pope Pompous XVIII on 3 Aug 2010 13:47 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:41:44 +0000, Jussi Uosukainen wrote: > bofh <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> no mate - just making a point about the Media treatment of Liverpool >> football club. >> > You are sounding just as paranoid as pope, though. Get a grip. LMFAO!! -- + His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII Recedite, plebes! Gero rem imperialem!
From: michael adams on 3 Aug 2010 14:01 "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy2k8(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:BbY5o.103990$zo4.69154(a)hurricane... > > "bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:63dcd9e1-a56e-4b2c-b018-5bc05a0c7e2a(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > > On 3 Aug, 16:09, "michael adams" <mjadam...(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote: > > > >> > >> According to what's appeared in the press he's never said any different > >> to > >> anyone, his agent, assuming he has one, has never said any different, > >> either. > >> The only people who ever claimed Torres was unsettled were Man City and > >> Chelsea who are desperate to sign him and the hacks who feed off their > >> press releases and will print just any old shite just to stay in their > >> good books. > > > > ..and Mental, who wants him sold. > > I said we should sell him if he doesn't want to stay. <quote> Happily for Hodgson the man from Fuenlabrada, a working-class Madrid outskirt, is big on quaintly old-fashioned concepts such as loyalty and community identity. Were he English, a distinctly non-stereotypical 'star' frequently seen walking his dogs in Liverpool parks would probably be a perfect poster boy for David Cameron's 'big society'. Moreover, in a world where leading strikers frequently see themselves as expensive guns always discreetly available for hire to the highest bidder, Torres shuns the idea of a mercenary's life. A natural desire for involvement in realistic pursuits of the game's biggest domestic prizes is tempered by the real contentment he feels on Merseyside where Liverpool FC retains a considerable pull on his emotions. Torres � who said he would struggle to play for another team in Spain after reluctantly leaving Atl�tico Madrid for England � swiftly became similarly attached to an atmospheric, evocative Anfield habitat which appeals to his romantic streak. Visitors to the home he shares with his pregnant wife and one-year-old daughter are constantly surprised by the number of well-thumbed books and oft viewed DVDs detailing the club and city's history. "What my club represents is very important," he says. "If you know what your club stands for and you are part of it you will play better because it means more to you. Every time I pull on a Liverpool shirt I know it's more than just a game. Liverpool has a mentality, an identity, I like. They are a hard-working people's club. They are huge but with a humility </quote> http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/aug/03/fernando-torres-liverpool michael adams ....
From: Motster on 3 Aug 2010 14:06 "Google Beta User" <wanyikuli(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:e3bd024a-e15b-4ebf-bf8f-c804baaa4c76(a)j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... On Aug 3, 11:09 am, "michael adams" <mjadam...(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote: > The only fly in the ointment hanging over any sale of the club, is that > the price now being asked is much considerably lower than Hicks and Gillet > were originally asking. Although it will still allow them to walk away > with > a profit. Can the banks force a sale? Is it up to the LFC board, or to Hicks/ Gillette? To answer your questions. Yes, Yes & No in that order. RBS as part of the latest debt restructuring forced a change on to the LFC board voting majorities. This was because Hicks & Gillette / the club could not repay the debt at a rate RBS were happy with. It basically boils down to if the rest of the board (excepting Hicks & Gillette) agree to a sale then Hicks & Gillette cannot block it. RBS have the ultimate sanction of forcing the club into administration and taking control themselves if Hicks, Gillette or the board start playing silly buggars over the sale. Upshot of all this is that the �800 million asking price that Hicks & Gillette touted around last year is meaningless and it is RBS that will dictate the selling price.
From: Mentalguy2k8 on 3 Aug 2010 14:54
"michael adams" <mjadams25(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote in message news:8br3phFo0sU1(a)mid.individual.net... > > "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy2k8(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:BbY5o.103990$zo4.69154(a)hurricane... >> >> "bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:63dcd9e1-a56e-4b2c-b018-5bc05a0c7e2a(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... >> > On 3 Aug, 16:09, "michael adams" <mjadam...(a)ontel.net.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> According to what's appeared in the press he's never said any >> >> different >> >> to >> >> anyone, his agent, assuming he has one, has never said any different, >> >> either. >> >> The only people who ever claimed Torres was unsettled were Man City >> >> and >> >> Chelsea who are desperate to sign him and the hacks who feed off their >> >> press releases and will print just any old shite just to stay in their >> >> good books. >> > >> > ..and Mental, who wants him sold. >> >> I said we should sell him if he doesn't want to stay. > > <quote> > > Happily for Hodgson the man from Fuenlabrada, a working-class Madrid > outskirt, > is big on quaintly old-fashioned concepts such as loyalty and community > identity. > Were he English, a distinctly non-stereotypical 'star' frequently seen > walking his > dogs in Liverpool parks would probably be a perfect poster boy for David > Cameron's > 'big society'. > > Moreover, in a world where leading strikers frequently see themselves as > expensive > guns always discreetly available for hire to the highest bidder, Torres > shuns > the idea of a mercenary's life. > > A natural desire for involvement in realistic pursuits of the game's > biggest > domestic prizes is tempered by the real contentment he feels on Merseyside > where Liverpool FC retains a considerable pull on his emotions. > > Torres � who said he would struggle to play for another team in Spain > after > reluctantly leaving Atl�tico Madrid for England � swiftly became similarly > attached to an atmospheric, evocative Anfield habitat which appeals to his > romantic streak. Visitors to the home he shares with his pregnant wife and > one-year-old daughter are constantly surprised by the number of > well-thumbed > books and oft viewed DVDs detailing the club and city's history. > > "What my club represents is very important," he says. "If you know what > your > club stands for and you are part of it you will play better because it > means > more to you. Every time I pull on a Liverpool shirt I know it's more than > just > a game. Liverpool has a mentality, an identity, I like. They are a > hard-working > people's club. They are huge but with a humility > > </quote> > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/aug/03/fernando-torres-liverpool It's a shame Torres and Gerrard couldn't have spared a couple of minutes to pledge their allegiance and commitment to Liverpool at the end of last season, or during the World Cup. It would have saved a lot of speculation, and stopped people assuming that both of them were listening to other offers! |