New england rafalution! - Kraft owner to invest in the red men!
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by spion » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:55 pm
Robert Kraft owner of the New England patriots American football team & New England revolution "soccer" team is to invest money in Liverpool football club reports CBS & NBC news stations. Reports say that Kraft a long time friend of Liverpool cheif exec Rick Parry & guest of the reds at last seasons european cup final in Istanbul has committed a "large sum" of money to the Merseyside club in exchange for marketing rights in the USA. The story also states that Kraft is looking for a top european club to buy in the next twelve months with the well known & well supported, in the US, Liverpool at the head of the que. Along with marketing rights Kraft will install a representative on the board in a non exec position. Other reports on radio(Centry FM & BBC Merseyside) go as far as to say that Parry has told the manager in a meeting today that money will not be a problem in January & that a new chairman will be at Liverpool "by the new year"!! Robert Kraft is the fourth richest man in America & would even give Abramovich a run for his money being worth a staggering $3.75 billion dollars(just under £2billion quid)! If the reports are true & they seem to be gaining pace(both new england patriots & revolution's stock have made big gains since the reports surfaced)this would be a massive change in fortunes making Liverpool the second richest team on the planet after Chelsea. With Liverpools history & european sucsess last season coupled with the fact we can compete with anyone in the transfer market now, we could all see massive changes in January & beyond. YNWA
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by welsh wizzard » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:16 am
I really hope this is true! its just what this club needs to go them further steps to winning the premiership. Unless we get investment winning the league will just not happen i don't feel. We need the players that are world class to compete with other mega rich teams of today. We don't need many players but we do need them, The likes of Torres, kuite, simao, kompany, joaquin. These will all cost big bucks but if what you are saying is true then these players could all becoming to Anfield. Its an exciting time and hopefully we could be seeing a new era in the not to distant future.Chelski will be quaking in their boots.We are coming to get you, I so hope this is true!!!!!!!!!!
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by ivor_the_injun » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:28 am
From the Independent...note - "Parry left the United States without a firm proposal from the Kraft family"
Liverpool seek US aid to solve stadium crisis
By Andy Hunter
Published: 10 November 2005
Rick Parry has confirmed that Liverpool are in talks with American billionaire Robert Kraft over how to meet the spiralling costs of their proposed £150m move from Anfield, although the club's exhaustive search for fresh investment will continue as they await a firm proposal from the American football tycoon.
The Liverpool chief executive was a guest of the Kraft family at Monday's NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, the franchise they bought for £98m in 1994 and whose subsequent success is reflected in a new £195m stadium, three Super Bowl victories and a £135m profit last season alone.
At their meeting in Massachusetts on Monday, Parry discussed the private finance that Kraft's son, Jonathan, attracted to build the Patriots' 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium in 2002 and, it is believed, the possibility of the Kraft Group salvaging Liverpool's new stadium plan by purchasing a stake in the club or the exclusive naming rights to an arena only 300 yards from their Anfield home.
It has been nearly six months since Liverpool's Champions' League triumph and more than 18 months since the club appointed financial advisors Hawkpoint to flush out potential investors, but they have still been unable to attract the finances required to rescue their stadium proposal and to provide the manager Rafael Benitez with the transfer funds to turn his squad into genuine title challengers.
Liverpool had originally hoped to commence work on the Stanley Park stadium in March and have seen costs rise over the past two years by a minimum of £70m although, as Parry's presence in America indicates, they have not abandoned hope of bringing the scheme to fruition yet.
Parry said: "I have known the Kraft family since meeting them in Boston back in 2001 and have had a long-standing invitation to visit the Gillette Stadium, which is one of the very few privately funded stadia in the USA. They were keen for me to see at close hand how the match-day operation ran and I watched both the New England Revolution v Chicago Fire MLS game on Sunday and the New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts NFL fixture a day later. It also gave us the opportunity to discuss at length the way in which they had funded the construction of the ground."
Parry left the United States without a firm proposal from the Kraft family and will travel to Dubai for the second time in less than a month this weekend as part of the Soccerex football business convention, although Liverpool have distanced themselves from links to a Middle Eastern consortium. The Kraft Group, however, have been considering a move into English football, and Liverpool in particular, for the past 12 months and were involved in the failed attempt by the L4 consortium - fronted by Hollywood executives Stuart Ford and the Liverpool-born Mike Jefferies - to invest in the club last year.
Liverpool's third-largest shareholder, the former Redrow Homes owner Steve Morgan, has failed in three separate attempts to convince the board to allow him to underwrite a share rights issue and, although his initial proposals were said to have undervalued the club, he withdrew his final offer after a period of due diligence amid concerns at the financial state of Liverpool and the rising stadium costs.
The Liverpool chairman, David Moores, is reluctant to relinquish his 51 per cent shareholding in the club, a stance that is clearly not conducive to would-be investors and has encouraged Parry to follow Arsenal's route of funding a new stadium partly by selling the naming rights.
Parry publicly stated his opposition to such a move at an annual general meeting two years ago but has since described the £100m Arsenal received towards Ashburton Grove from Emirates Airlines as "a real eye opener".
Robert Kraft's Patriots games
* Robert Kraft is one of the most influential figures in New England sports history but is no relation to the cheese foods empire.
* Kraft has followed the New England Patriots as a season ticket holder since 1971, fulfilling a boyhood dream when he bought them for $172m (£98m) in 1994 and turning them into one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.
* Under his ownership the Patriots have won the Super Bowl three times in the past four years.
* Kraft's commitment to football dates back to his efforts to make Boston one of the nine host cities for the 1994 World Cup finals, having played the game when at Columbia University.
* Apart from owning the Patriots, the Kraft family are the main investors in the New England Revolution, one of the most popular clubs in the MLS and coached by former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol.
Rick Parry has confirmed that Liverpool are in talks with American billionaire Robert Kraft over how to meet the spiralling costs of their proposed £150m move from Anfield, although the club's exhaustive search for fresh investment will continue as they await a firm proposal from the American football tycoon.
The Liverpool chief executive was a guest of the Kraft family at Monday's NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, the franchise they bought for £98m in 1994 and whose subsequent success is reflected in a new £195m stadium, three Super Bowl victories and a £135m profit last season alone.
At their meeting in Massachusetts on Monday, Parry discussed the private finance that Kraft's son, Jonathan, attracted to build the Patriots' 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium in 2002 and, it is believed, the possibility of the Kraft Group salvaging Liverpool's new stadium plan by purchasing a stake in the club or the exclusive naming rights to an arena only 300 yards from their Anfield home.
It has been nearly six months since Liverpool's Champions' League triumph and more than 18 months since the club appointed financial advisors Hawkpoint to flush out potential investors, but they have still been unable to attract the finances required to rescue their stadium proposal and to provide the manager Rafael Benitez with the transfer funds to turn his squad into genuine title challengers.
Liverpool had originally hoped to commence work on the Stanley Park stadium in March and have seen costs rise over the past two years by a minimum of £70m although, as Parry's presence in America indicates, they have not abandoned hope of bringing the scheme to fruition yet.
Parry said: "I have known the Kraft family since meeting them in Boston back in 2001 and have had a long-standing invitation to visit the Gillette Stadium, which is one of the very few privately funded stadia in the USA. They were keen for me to see at close hand how the match-day operation ran and I watched both the New England Revolution v Chicago Fire MLS game on Sunday and the New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts NFL fixture a day later. It also gave us the opportunity to discuss at length the way in which they had funded the construction of the ground."
Parry left the United States without a firm proposal from the Kraft family and will travel to Dubai for the second time in less than a month this weekend as part of the Soccerex football business convention, although Liverpool have distanced themselves from links to a Middle Eastern consortium. The Kraft Group, however, have been considering a move into English football, and Liverpool in particular, for the past 12 months and were involved in the failed attempt by the L4 consortium - fronted by Hollywood executives Stuart Ford and the Liverpool-born Mike Jefferies - to invest in the club last year.
Liverpool's third-largest shareholder, the former Redrow Homes owner Steve Morgan, has failed in three separate attempts to convince the board to allow him to underwrite a share rights issue and, although his initial proposals were said to have undervalued the club, he withdrew his final offer after a period of due diligence amid concerns at the financial state of Liverpool and the rising stadium costs.
The Liverpool chairman, David Moores, is reluctant to relinquish his 51 per cent shareholding in the club, a stance that is clearly not conducive to would-be investors and has encouraged Parry to follow Arsenal's route of funding a new stadium partly by selling the naming rights.
Parry publicly stated his opposition to such a move at an annual general meeting two years ago but has since described the £100m Arsenal received towards Ashburton Grove from Emirates Airlines as "a real eye opener".
Robert Kraft's Patriots games
* Robert Kraft is one of the most influential figures in New England sports history but is no relation to the cheese foods empire.
* Kraft has followed the New England Patriots as a season ticket holder since 1971, fulfilling a boyhood dream when he bought them for $172m (£98m) in 1994 and turning them into one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.
* Under his ownership the Patriots have won the Super Bowl three times in the past four years.
* Kraft's commitment to football dates back to his efforts to make Boston one of the nine host cities for the 1994 World Cup finals, having played the game when at Columbia University.
* Apart from owning the Patriots, the Kraft family are the main investors in the New England Revolution, one of the most popular clubs in the MLS and coached by former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol.
Liverpool seek US aid to solve stadium crisis
By Andy Hunter
Published: 10 November 2005
Rick Parry has confirmed that Liverpool are in talks with American billionaire Robert Kraft over how to meet the spiralling costs of their proposed £150m move from Anfield, although the club's exhaustive search for fresh investment will continue as they await a firm proposal from the American football tycoon.
The Liverpool chief executive was a guest of the Kraft family at Monday's NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, the franchise they bought for £98m in 1994 and whose subsequent success is reflected in a new £195m stadium, three Super Bowl victories and a £135m profit last season alone.
At their meeting in Massachusetts on Monday, Parry discussed the private finance that Kraft's son, Jonathan, attracted to build the Patriots' 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium in 2002 and, it is believed, the possibility of the Kraft Group salvaging Liverpool's new stadium plan by purchasing a stake in the club or the exclusive naming rights to an arena only 300 yards from their Anfield home.
It has been nearly six months since Liverpool's Champions' League triumph and more than 18 months since the club appointed financial advisors Hawkpoint to flush out potential investors, but they have still been unable to attract the finances required to rescue their stadium proposal and to provide the manager Rafael Benitez with the transfer funds to turn his squad into genuine title challengers.
Liverpool had originally hoped to commence work on the Stanley Park stadium in March and have seen costs rise over the past two years by a minimum of £70m although, as Parry's presence in America indicates, they have not abandoned hope of bringing the scheme to fruition yet.
Parry said: "I have known the Kraft family since meeting them in Boston back in 2001 and have had a long-standing invitation to visit the Gillette Stadium, which is one of the very few privately funded stadia in the USA. They were keen for me to see at close hand how the match-day operation ran and I watched both the New England Revolution v Chicago Fire MLS game on Sunday and the New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts NFL fixture a day later. It also gave us the opportunity to discuss at length the way in which they had funded the construction of the ground."
Parry left the United States without a firm proposal from the Kraft family and will travel to Dubai for the second time in less than a month this weekend as part of the Soccerex football business convention, although Liverpool have distanced themselves from links to a Middle Eastern consortium. The Kraft Group, however, have been considering a move into English football, and Liverpool in particular, for the past 12 months and were involved in the failed attempt by the L4 consortium - fronted by Hollywood executives Stuart Ford and the Liverpool-born Mike Jefferies - to invest in the club last year.
Liverpool's third-largest shareholder, the former Redrow Homes owner Steve Morgan, has failed in three separate attempts to convince the board to allow him to underwrite a share rights issue and, although his initial proposals were said to have undervalued the club, he withdrew his final offer after a period of due diligence amid concerns at the financial state of Liverpool and the rising stadium costs.
The Liverpool chairman, David Moores, is reluctant to relinquish his 51 per cent shareholding in the club, a stance that is clearly not conducive to would-be investors and has encouraged Parry to follow Arsenal's route of funding a new stadium partly by selling the naming rights.
Parry publicly stated his opposition to such a move at an annual general meeting two years ago but has since described the £100m Arsenal received towards Ashburton Grove from Emirates Airlines as "a real eye opener".
Robert Kraft's Patriots games
* Robert Kraft is one of the most influential figures in New England sports history but is no relation to the cheese foods empire.
* Kraft has followed the New England Patriots as a season ticket holder since 1971, fulfilling a boyhood dream when he bought them for $172m (£98m) in 1994 and turning them into one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.
* Under his ownership the Patriots have won the Super Bowl three times in the past four years.
* Kraft's commitment to football dates back to his efforts to make Boston one of the nine host cities for the 1994 World Cup finals, having played the game when at Columbia University.
* Apart from owning the Patriots, the Kraft family are the main investors in the New England Revolution, one of the most popular clubs in the MLS and coached by former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol.
Rick Parry has confirmed that Liverpool are in talks with American billionaire Robert Kraft over how to meet the spiralling costs of their proposed £150m move from Anfield, although the club's exhaustive search for fresh investment will continue as they await a firm proposal from the American football tycoon.
The Liverpool chief executive was a guest of the Kraft family at Monday's NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, the franchise they bought for £98m in 1994 and whose subsequent success is reflected in a new £195m stadium, three Super Bowl victories and a £135m profit last season alone.
At their meeting in Massachusetts on Monday, Parry discussed the private finance that Kraft's son, Jonathan, attracted to build the Patriots' 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium in 2002 and, it is believed, the possibility of the Kraft Group salvaging Liverpool's new stadium plan by purchasing a stake in the club or the exclusive naming rights to an arena only 300 yards from their Anfield home.
It has been nearly six months since Liverpool's Champions' League triumph and more than 18 months since the club appointed financial advisors Hawkpoint to flush out potential investors, but they have still been unable to attract the finances required to rescue their stadium proposal and to provide the manager Rafael Benitez with the transfer funds to turn his squad into genuine title challengers.
Liverpool had originally hoped to commence work on the Stanley Park stadium in March and have seen costs rise over the past two years by a minimum of £70m although, as Parry's presence in America indicates, they have not abandoned hope of bringing the scheme to fruition yet.
Parry said: "I have known the Kraft family since meeting them in Boston back in 2001 and have had a long-standing invitation to visit the Gillette Stadium, which is one of the very few privately funded stadia in the USA. They were keen for me to see at close hand how the match-day operation ran and I watched both the New England Revolution v Chicago Fire MLS game on Sunday and the New England Patriots v Indianapolis Colts NFL fixture a day later. It also gave us the opportunity to discuss at length the way in which they had funded the construction of the ground."
Parry left the United States without a firm proposal from the Kraft family and will travel to Dubai for the second time in less than a month this weekend as part of the Soccerex football business convention, although Liverpool have distanced themselves from links to a Middle Eastern consortium. The Kraft Group, however, have been considering a move into English football, and Liverpool in particular, for the past 12 months and were involved in the failed attempt by the L4 consortium - fronted by Hollywood executives Stuart Ford and the Liverpool-born Mike Jefferies - to invest in the club last year.
Liverpool's third-largest shareholder, the former Redrow Homes owner Steve Morgan, has failed in three separate attempts to convince the board to allow him to underwrite a share rights issue and, although his initial proposals were said to have undervalued the club, he withdrew his final offer after a period of due diligence amid concerns at the financial state of Liverpool and the rising stadium costs.
The Liverpool chairman, David Moores, is reluctant to relinquish his 51 per cent shareholding in the club, a stance that is clearly not conducive to would-be investors and has encouraged Parry to follow Arsenal's route of funding a new stadium partly by selling the naming rights.
Parry publicly stated his opposition to such a move at an annual general meeting two years ago but has since described the £100m Arsenal received towards Ashburton Grove from Emirates Airlines as "a real eye opener".
Robert Kraft's Patriots games
* Robert Kraft is one of the most influential figures in New England sports history but is no relation to the cheese foods empire.
* Kraft has followed the New England Patriots as a season ticket holder since 1971, fulfilling a boyhood dream when he bought them for $172m (£98m) in 1994 and turning them into one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.
* Under his ownership the Patriots have won the Super Bowl three times in the past four years.
* Kraft's commitment to football dates back to his efforts to make Boston one of the nine host cities for the 1994 World Cup finals, having played the game when at Columbia University.
* Apart from owning the Patriots, the Kraft family are the main investors in the New England Revolution, one of the most popular clubs in the MLS and coached by former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol.
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by ivor_the_injun » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:30 am
And check this out from the Washington Times... - f**king Liverpool Arsenal! 
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20051109-020602-1588r.htm
Patriots owner interested in Liverpool
Nov. 9, 2005 at 2:21PM
Another U.S. sports tycoon wants to buy into a British soccer team: NFL New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is interested in the Liverpool Arsenal.
Kraft's interest follows the purchase of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer, own of the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Telegraph reports Kraft met with Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry last weekend. The talks reportedly involved either diluting shares owned by major stockholder David Moores or naming rights for a new stadium.
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20051109-020602-1588r.htm
Patriots owner interested in Liverpool
Nov. 9, 2005 at 2:21PM
Another U.S. sports tycoon wants to buy into a British soccer team: NFL New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is interested in the Liverpool Arsenal.
Kraft's interest follows the purchase of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer, own of the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Telegraph reports Kraft met with Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry last weekend. The talks reportedly involved either diluting shares owned by major stockholder David Moores or naming rights for a new stadium.
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by LFC #1 » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:32 am
All speculation really, the only quotes in any of these articles are the one's from the small Parry interview on lfc.tv, which gave very little away.
I'd hazard a guess that the papers know about as much as we do, which is relativley little.
I'd hazard a guess that the papers know about as much as we do, which is relativley little.
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by Lando_Griffin » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:06 am
I doubt Moores wants to step down.
Rafa Benitez - An unfinished Legend.
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