I think a takeover deal is done
in [Liverpool]
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From: Google Beta User on 3 Aug 2010 10:16 This is why: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/i-m-at-the-best-club http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/7924401/Fernando-Torres-committed-to-best-club-Liverpool.html I don't think he'd commit without some indication that change (through ownership, ambition and/or investment) was imminent
From: michael adams on 3 Aug 2010 11:09 "Google Beta User" <wanyikuli(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:0d8cabc7-8cb4-4e23-88c8-4eb33b3df1c0(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... > This is why: > http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/i-m-at-the-best-club > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/7924401/Fernando-Torres-committed-to-best-club-Liverpool.html > > I don't think he'd commit without some indication that change (through > ownership, ambition and/or investment) was imminent Torres has never said anything other than he was fully committed to playing for Liverpool, while they remain potential Champions League qualifiers. According to most accounts he's well settled living in the NW. 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. Apparently the Chinese guy has made it a condition of his buying the club that Torres is part of the deal. 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. michael adams ....
From: Google Beta User on 3 Aug 2010 11:28 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?
From: michael adams on 3 Aug 2010 12:10 "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? Only if Hicks and Gillet fall behind with their repayments on what they they currently owe. Which started off at �44 million, went to �297 million and stood at �350 million in May according their accountants. > Is it up to the LFC board, or to Hicks/Gillette? As Hicks and Gillet own all the shares - unless and until the club was put into adminstration and matters were taken out of their hands - they'd have to sign on the dotted line. If they've got any sense they'll bite Huang's hand off to grab any money they can, and make for the door. Although on paper they'd be losing �70 million - �150 million out of the �500 million, the rest paying off the debt, as against the �220 million they paid, they probably siphoned of five times that amount during the period they owned the club. And they know it. michael adams ....
From: bofh on 3 Aug 2010 13:07
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. Seriously though, why do we all get suckered by this ? The press toiled for 6 seasons to get the last manager sacked, they toiled to get Gerard to leave, and now Torres. They will choose another negative now, likely to be a Kenny/Hodgson rift, or faults with any prospective buyers. I dont see Rooney being linked with a move, and he hasnt come out and said categorically hes staying at Man U - nope, its just Liverpool players who seem to have to do this each season. Hodgson came back three weeks ago and said Torres will stay. I dont know whey we worry, I really dont. |