I posted this elsewhere but it seems to shed light on the Thai takeover.........
Pressure on Moores
By Sam Wallace and Christopher Davies
(Filed: 22/05/2004)
The Liverpool chairman, David Moores, came under further pressure last night when it emerged that he could pocket as much as £30 million from the deal with Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after another day in which the board stayed silent on the future of manager Gerard Houllier.
Moores, who has been in charge at the club since 1991, is understood to have put around £10 million into Liverpool through either share-buying or investments over the past 13 years. However, the deal with Shinawatra, which has hit problems recently, would have seen him re-coup around double that amount.
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So that great LFC man Moores will be taking twice as much money from the club than he has ever put in (while holding on to a controlling interest).If this is true then it puts a totally different spin on the Thai takeover.We werent told this deal was a way for Moores to make money FROM the club,we thought it was about players.This and the way GH is being stripped of his dignity is seriously p.issing me off.