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peewee wrote:you started it 14 pages ago   

Leonmc0708 wrote:

peewee wrote:you started it 14 pages ago   

And we ended it ammicably (in terms of the forum) soon after.

bavlondon wrote:

Ciggy wrote:Arabs set to enterthe battle of Anfield

Independent.co.uk  Ian Herbert and Nick Harris
Friday, 18 April 2008 

Hicks told Sky Sports News that his plan is to buy out Gillett and remove the debt he and Gillett loaded on to the club

Undeterred by the latest public outburst by Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks, the Arab consortium Dubai International Capital is ready to buy out his partner George Gillett within six weeks when a legal bar on the sale of his 50 per cent stake is lifted.


Just when it seemed that Hicks had no mud left to throw at the club's chief executive, Rick Parry, he redoubled his efforts to draw Rafael Benitez into the fight to remove him yesterday by claiming that Parry had spent "three or four hours" alone with Jürgen Klinsmann before a board meeting he and co-owner Gillett had called.

Hicks' interview, conducted at his home in Dallas, ranged from the vitriolic – he described Parry as a "disaster" – to the farcical. Wearing a Liverpool jersey and drinking from a club mug, he celebrated the 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers by saying: "Well Everton won't like that."

But this will not deter DIC from a plan to take over Gillett's 50 per cent share in Liverpool – when pre-emption rights preventing the sale expire – enduring Hicks for as long as they must and then attempting to force Hicks out of the club by putting up money for Liverpool's new stadium and challenging him to do the same. They believe he will be unable to do so.

Hey thats great news.

Ace Ventura wrote:Has anyone got the link/story about the brazilian club that Hicks bought, promised the stadium to...never delivered and then fooked off ?
Or am i imagining that 

Ace Ventura wrote:Has anyone got the link/story about the brazilian club that Hicks bought, promised the stadium to...never delivered and then fooked off ?
Or am i imagining that 

JoeTerp wrote:

bavlondon wrote:

Ciggy wrote:Arabs set to enterthe battle of Anfield

Independent.co.uk  Ian Herbert and Nick Harris
Friday, 18 April 2008 

Hicks told Sky Sports News that his plan is to buy out Gillett and remove the debt he and Gillett loaded on to the club

Undeterred by the latest public outburst by Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks, the Arab consortium Dubai International Capital is ready to buy out his partner George Gillett within six weeks when a legal bar on the sale of his 50 per cent stake is lifted.


Just when it seemed that Hicks had no mud left to throw at the club's chief executive, Rick Parry, he redoubled his efforts to draw Rafael Benitez into the fight to remove him yesterday by claiming that Parry had spent "three or four hours" alone with Jürgen Klinsmann before a board meeting he and co-owner Gillett had called.

Hicks' interview, conducted at his home in Dallas, ranged from the vitriolic – he described Parry as a "disaster" – to the farcical. Wearing a Liverpool jersey and drinking from a club mug, he celebrated the 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers by saying: "Well Everton won't like that."

But this will not deter DIC from a plan to take over Gillett's 50 per cent share in Liverpool – when pre-emption rights preventing the sale expire – enduring Hicks for as long as they must and then attempting to force Hicks out of the club by putting up money for Liverpool's new stadium and challenging him to do the same. They believe he will be unable to do so.

Hey thats great news.

can someone explain to me how DIC only buying GG's shares will change the dynamic of the situation? To me it seems that nobody can MAKE Hicks sell, and Hicks probably hates DIC more than GG so their relationship might be worse.

noooooooo dont you realise when hicks goes everything will be fine and dandy   

on a serious note mate hicks has stated he is here for the long term and the points i have been trying to make is to give him support while he is here, where is the benefit of protesting when he isnt going anywhere, it pointless

peewee wrote:

JoeTerp wrote:

bavlondon wrote:

Ciggy wrote:Arabs set to enterthe battle of Anfield

Independent.co.uk  Ian Herbert and Nick Harris
Friday, 18 April 2008 

Hicks told Sky Sports News that his plan is to buy out Gillett and remove the debt he and Gillett loaded on to the club

Undeterred by the latest public outburst by Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks, the Arab consortium Dubai International Capital is ready to buy out his partner George Gillett within six weeks when a legal bar on the sale of his 50 per cent stake is lifted.


Just when it seemed that Hicks had no mud left to throw at the club's chief executive, Rick Parry, he redoubled his efforts to draw Rafael Benitez into the fight to remove him yesterday by claiming that Parry had spent "three or four hours" alone with Jürgen Klinsmann before a board meeting he and co-owner Gillett had called.

Hicks' interview, conducted at his home in Dallas, ranged from the vitriolic – he described Parry as a "disaster" – to the farcical. Wearing a Liverpool jersey and drinking from a club mug, he celebrated the 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers by saying: "Well Everton won't like that."

But this will not deter DIC from a plan to take over Gillett's 50 per cent share in Liverpool – when pre-emption rights preventing the sale expire – enduring Hicks for as long as they must and then attempting to force Hicks out of the club by putting up money for Liverpool's new stadium and challenging him to do the same. They believe he will be unable to do so.

Hey thats great news.

can someone explain to me how DIC only buying GG's shares will change the dynamic of the situation? To me it seems that nobody can MAKE Hicks sell, and Hicks probably hates DIC more than GG so their relationship might be worse.

noooooooo dont you realise when hicks goes everything will be fine and dandy   

on a serious note mate hicks has stated he is here for the long term and the points i have been trying to make is to give him support while he is here, where is the benefit of protesting when he isnt going anywhere, it pointless

read some of my other posts in this thread pewee, and you will see I am probably the only person who is remotely close to your ideas. 

JoeTerp wrote:

peewee wrote:

JoeTerp wrote:

bavlondon wrote:

Ciggy wrote:Arabs set to enterthe battle of Anfield

Independent.co.uk  Ian Herbert and Nick Harris
Friday, 18 April 2008 

Hicks told Sky Sports News that his plan is to buy out Gillett and remove the debt he and Gillett loaded on to the club

Undeterred by the latest public outburst by Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks, the Arab consortium Dubai International Capital is ready to buy out his partner George Gillett within six weeks when a legal bar on the sale of his 50 per cent stake is lifted.


Just when it seemed that Hicks had no mud left to throw at the club's chief executive, Rick Parry, he redoubled his efforts to draw Rafael Benitez into the fight to remove him yesterday by claiming that Parry had spent "three or four hours" alone with Jürgen Klinsmann before a board meeting he and co-owner Gillett had called.

Hicks' interview, conducted at his home in Dallas, ranged from the vitriolic – he described Parry as a "disaster" – to the farcical. Wearing a Liverpool jersey and drinking from a club mug, he celebrated the 3-1 win over Blackburn Rovers by saying: "Well Everton won't like that."

But this will not deter DIC from a plan to take over Gillett's 50 per cent share in Liverpool – when pre-emption rights preventing the sale expire – enduring Hicks for as long as they must and then attempting to force Hicks out of the club by putting up money for Liverpool's new stadium and challenging him to do the same. They believe he will be unable to do so.

Hey thats great news.

can someone explain to me how DIC only buying GG's shares will change the dynamic of the situation? To me it seems that nobody can MAKE Hicks sell, and Hicks probably hates DIC more than GG so their relationship might be worse.

noooooooo dont you realise when hicks goes everything will be fine and dandy   

on a serious note mate hicks has stated he is here for the long term and the points i have been trying to make is to give him support while he is here, where is the benefit of protesting when he isnt going anywhere, it pointless

read some of my other posts in this thread pewee, and you will see I am probably the only person who is remotely close to your ideas. 

i know joe, i was being sarcastic mate   

everybody hates me   

Ciggy wrote:

Ace Ventura wrote:Has anyone got the link/story about the brazilian club that Hicks bought, promised the stadium to...never delivered and then fooked off ?
Or am i imagining that 

Tom Hicks left a legacy of furious fans, broken promises and legal wrangling after his first attempt to crack football fell apart, it has been claimed.

The Texan tycoon's firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst bought into Brazilian giants Corinthians in 1999 in a bid to tap in to the lucrative South American market.
Just as at Liverpool, they promised a state-of-the-art stadium - but were soon left facing a fans' backlash. And when Hicks's company struggled to make the venture profitable, they pulled out after just three years.

Hicks and co-owner George Gillett revealed a £350million re-financing deal for Liverpool last week which means work can commence on the club's new 70,000-seat stadium. But a source close to Hicks said: "The company invested heavily in South America throughout the 1990s and the deal with Corinthians was part of that.

"But the funds they set up did not return money for their investors and it went downhill completely after 9/11.

"Hicks, Muse lost a great deal of money on the investment and it was large factor in Tom 'retiring' from that company."

Through its subsidiary PanAmerican Sports Teams, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst invested more than £40m in Corinthians in the first year of what was supposedly a 10-year partnership alone.

The deal was part of a project to invest in Brazilian football and broadcast it all over Latin America on the Hicks-owned TV station PSN. The cash injection fired Corinthians to victory in the 2000 World Club Cup and even gave the club the funds to sign Brazil stars Dida and Luizao.

But the new regime infuriated fans when they started selling off star players the following summer and announced plans to change Corinthians' famous black-and-white kit.

One Brazilian source said: "The Americans came into Corinthians with a lot of money but did not understand the way football works. They brought in a strong team of advisers to administer the club but the way they did things was very American, in the crudest sense. The model they wanted does not function here. Things had to be done their way.
"I can understand why Liverpool fans are angry with Hicks - but perhaps they should ask why their football industry has come to such a point that he was able to buy the club."
Hicks announced on Friday a £350m refinancing plan which strengthened his grip on Anfield despite fury from fans over a perceived lack of backing for boss Rafa Benitez. The deal loads £105m worth of debt on to the club, including £60m for work on the much-delayed new stadium.
But Corinthians fans never saw the 45,000-seat ground on the outskirts of Sao Paulo which Hicks, Muse promised them in 1999. Brazilian pundit Paulo Vinicius Coelho said: "They promised a new ground and it never arrived."
Even though Hicks, Muse pulled out of the club in 2003 after a row with a local partner over funding, it was not until December 28 2007 that the legal wrangling between the company and Corinthians finally ended