Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by John Toher
Rumours abound that Liverpool have recieved offers from several wealthy businessmen around the world. It appears that one prospective new owner may be a wealthy Arabian figure.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the current President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir (Ruler/ Leader) of Abu Dhabi. He is one of the wealthiest Arab businessmen in the World. He is wealthier than his half-brother, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan who is the owner of Manchester City FC.
Sheikh Khalifa, as he is known, is said to be the third wealthiest royal with his net-worth around $19 billion, he also has major interest in Abu Dhabi and UAE developments.
If he was interested in taking over Liverpool, his wealth could mean the Reds would have more financial power than both Manchester City and Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea.Is this the right man to take over from the ill-fated reign of Hicks and Gillett? He sounds like the answer to Liverpool’s fan’s prayers.
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Yes he sure is, but hope its true and not just a rumour we,ve had too many rumours over these past few years since the Yanks bought and broke our sacred club
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Well it’s just rumour but if he had long term ambitions for the club then yes. It’s clear that Liverpool need initial investment but after that Liverpool can easily run off of its own revenue. We just need a new world class stadia with increased capacity to kick it all off and a few top quality additions to the squad.
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
He is going to own liverpool,i travel to the arab states alot and can confirm he is on the verge of taking over liverpool,he is the right man will put alot of money in for players and build the new stadium,he will be unveiled at anfield in the second week of july,he has earmarked the man he wants to take charge and it isnt hodgson,deschamps or rickjard,the man he wants he has just managed a national team in africa and wont be unveiled till the world cup is over,let me tell you he is a big fan of south american football,that is a clue.Liverpool will attract some of the most talented players in the world both with the owner and the managers contacts.i dont support liverpool but from my knowledge very soon they will be untouchable.
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Salif:
Would like to believe all of what you said. Fingers crossed I guess.
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
It would be wonderful to get an owner with this kind of wealth but many Liverpool fans ask only that they get an owner who can put us back on level footing, our income with a new stadium should be enough to challenge. The interest we are paying on these american jokers loan is crippling us and if we could just re-invest that into the squad year on year we could again become a force.
The media will suggest that the LFC supporters want an imediate turnaround but I know that the fans I talk to can be patient, as long as we are seeing things go in the right direction
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
NAH dumb and dumber just put their price up to a Billion pounds
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June 28th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
The more noise and action the fans of liverpool make,like what there main group the s.o.s do then the americans will eventually be forced to sell quick,the rally which they are planning at st.georges hall will be noticed as it has to be policed and that alone will cause headlines within the regions papers.I fully understand the fans wanting the two americans out,you only have to visit fans forums on the american clubs they own,there fans are alike liverpool people they want them out to,make enough noise and an easy option for it to go away is to go away.good luck.
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June 28th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I think I already read this article, the same one just posted earlyer, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
Still i would like it to be true.
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June 28th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Brixxon,If you want your club to move onwards and upwards then there is no better man,he will only purchase the club to flex his pecks in europe,he wont buy liverpool to make money as a buisness,he will play with them like the chelsea owner,english football teams will only stay at the top if owned by very wealthy men,take your neighbours everton,owner is loyal,wont break the bank on wages,transfer funds etc but i guarantee they will never win the league or the euro cup.your club is desperate for a stadium to be able to make the money that it should be making,your club is followed much more in the east than man utd is.dont tar all big money men with the same brush as the americans,this family blow roman out of the water,before you know it very big players will be in liverpool fc and you will have moved on and be very happy.the moores family dipped out because he knew he couldnt help anymore,liverpool cant afford to fall behind anymore so dont turn your nose up at the man who could turn your frown upside down.
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June 28th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
?????
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June 28th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Hope this is true ,i can’t wait for this arabian billionaire to take over liverpool,fed up with the americans.
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June 28th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
One thing i will say from the research of debt in sport i have been doing,i recently watched a show on the man utd owners and the way he can drain money out of the club,exactly the same can and is happening at liverpool. If the club has to be reduced in price to be able to attract a buyer then the likes of mascherano and torres would be sold and the loss of value of the club compared to the financial gain the americans would make is of no comparison,sorry thing is although the likes of purslow doesnt own the club or manage the team,it will bw him who makes the big decisions and wont really take any grief either.Clever men those americans,ride off on there stallions and leave the fans with the asses.
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June 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Too many false hopes too many times the last 2 years – no LFC Fan will believe this rumour until it – is signed, sealed and delivered – Still we can but dream
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June 28th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
salif monsir, please confirm its not sven ericsson hes looking to put in charge.
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Joe,i may not have come across as maybe i should,when i say a team in africa i meant at the world cup sorry,not that the team is from africa.
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
salif monsir how do you know so much just by tavelling to arab states, are you sure your not the the richman just useing a different name lol
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Its Fabio Capello. . .
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Hope its true and would like to hear more from salif monsour who has been writing on here
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
We’ve been too many times at inches from a great owner,(DIC,Abu Dhabi;Dubai),must be something true behind all this?I really hope,Liverpool could shine as a diamond on his crown.
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
I am only passing on what i have learnt as i carry out my professional career,my closest friends are big fans of liverpool fc and that is the reason i always look out for them.I have been invited to attend a gathering of fans at liverpool city centre on the 4th of july and am hoping to be there,from what i gather the more the merrier so every supporter must try and get there.A club like yours needs the fans to overthrow such greedy nasty americans,shame the english fa dont help kick these no good owners out.
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June 28th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
salif monsir, can you tell us if the new manager will be european or south american?
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June 28th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Leonardo will be next coach for Brasil,so Dunga…..
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June 28th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I can only tell you what i said before,south american football is a big pull for them,and why not when you look at the teams in the quarter finals south america have a chance of dominating the semis.Shame for brazil that lucio is one of the biggest cheats ever in football thou and wouldnt last a minute playing for the local football teams in england.I am not going to be visiting this site soon for a while so all i will say is vocally support your club,plead for your new owners to arrive and everytime you get together make your anti american ownership as loud as possible and as visible as possible.But believe me i am suprised the americans hav’nt tried digging for oil in your centre spot at anfield,thats usually there reason to appear and hang around,I did hear something about them getting shovels in the ground funny enough.GOOD LUCK TO A FAMOUS CLUB.
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June 28th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Salif, Is this the 15th July takeover thats been doing the rounds?
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June 28th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I really cant comment on rumours you may of heard i am just informing you of what would seem to be the clubs next major deal.Maybe the more time goes by then the more you will here from me in a different way,believe me the more the fans of liverpool want such a great man like the sheikh and he sees the passion from the fans then he will feel at home here.There is a huge difference in greed and dishonour and buisness and loyalty and its a shame the americans cant see that,make the gathering in liverpool a support for the right people aswell as hunger to oust the americans.good bye for now,may see you at the meeting of fans.
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Just coz he ‘as a middle eastern sounding name, don’t swallow the drivel from salif. Probably a utd fan laughing at you all. He cant spell the word “hear” correctly but can use the word “oust” in correct context. C’mon, wake up.
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
salif monsour, i really want to believe you, but i am sure you will understand the reason i dont, too many lies and broken promises in the last few years, life as a liverpool fan is very depressing at the moment, but not just for us fans, but for the whole of football, football needs liverpool, we are globally loved, and we are being ran into the ground by a greedy yank, i realllly wanna believe you that this khailfa guy is gunna take over, but there is so evidence its just one big rumour, and rumours always end up being nothing
thank you for trying to raise our spirits though my friend!
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Just in reply to everything salif monsir has said, I want to believe but until the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed and the keys to the stadium are passed across to the new owners i refuse to believe anything that is posted on blogs. We’ve had far too many false dawns since stadler and waldorf bought the club. Sorry let me rephrase that since stadler and waldorf borrowed and left the club with massive debts and then promised liverpool fans the sun moon and stars and how they would do everything the liverpool way and have a spade in the ground within 60 days and to leave the spending to them and for us fans not to worry that there would be no limits put on spending to strenghten the team. Net spend for the muppets tenure is £44m. Net spend for David Moores last 3 years in charge was £66m. It’s come to the stage where we are being outbid for players by Crystal Palace and Portsmouth.Here’s to whoever takes over, and may they do a better job than stadler and co. YNWA
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
This story is an old one…….but don`t panic fellow reds sheikh Khalifa was interested when this story first came out, fact is he now owns the club, it will be announced after the world cup, can`t say too much as I could get the source of the info into trouble, what I will say is that we`re now the richest football club in the world, shocking???? wait till you all hear who the new manager is……
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I hope this is true and i wish it’s true,I cant wait for him to take over Liverpool and give our new manager enough cash to buy players.
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June 28th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
in response to I AM, LMAO! false hope dude, we’re suffering enough
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June 28th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Ive heard this story myself, Been round a while, makes sense considering how they got rid of Benitez unless something was already planned. If this fella is buying us and money is no object then the best manager to take over bar mourinho is pep guardiola, I heard it’s Pellegrini… But who knows, all I do know is if Hodgson gets announced as manager then this sheik fella story is a load of sh*t! So we’ll no sooner or later!
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June 28th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
This so called new owner is only being linked with lfc because someone edited his wiki page as a hoax it is complete bollox
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June 28th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
God I hope this is true. But as nothing else has been mentioned anywhere else ( sky news or local news) then I find it hard to believe. I hope it is true but as I havnt heard anything else I am struggling to believe it? And why is the deal supposed to be done after the world cup. Surely if it was done sooner fans would want to buy more season tickets and bring more revenue into the club. Can’t understand the waiting?
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June 28th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
please don’t make it be the hand of god as manager! I could not cope with that muppet as Manager of the club. The only reason the argies are doing well is because of the individual players brilliance. Mara does not have a clue….
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:12 am
from what i have been told is that the takeover is true, but….. only one of the greedy yanks have agreed to the sale, the ther has’t.
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June 29th, 2010 at 2:36 am
dont know wheter it is true or not but someone has told me prior to reading this that lfc has already been taken over hope its true
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June 29th, 2010 at 2:54 am
This could be our saviour please let this be true,I would love this guy to buy the club,Kenny Daglish as manager and a lot of good young homegrown players in, players out Ryan Babel£9m,Yossi Benayoun£6.5m,Albert Riera£5.5m,Lucas Leiva£6m,Sotiris Krygiakos£3.5m,Damien Plessis-free,Diego Cavalieri£3m,Philipe Degen£1.5m,Fabio Aurelio-free,Charles Itandje£1m,Chrisztian Nemeth£3m,Mikel San Jose£2.5m,David N’gog£5m,Nabil El Zhar£1.5m, all of these players would raise close to £50m then I would like to see Milner and Young£40m{duo bid} for right and left wing, Stephen Ireland£10m creative central midfielder,Gareth Bale£18m for left back,Gary Cahill£12m for a dominant centre half,Carlton Cole for a powerful centre forward,Milan Jovanovic-free provide cover for up front and a natural left winger,Wayne Hennessey£2.5m back up goalkeeper, add a couple of good youngsters to the likes of Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey
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June 29th, 2010 at 5:51 am
Keep dreaming. As much as i would love thisd to be true, and i will eat my words if im wrong, but someone is taking the mickey here and left us feeling like there is hope. The only way we are going to get rid of the Yanks is by assanation only….
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Okay,
we are now led to believe that an absurdly rich Sheik owns LFC already and Maradona is going to be our manager.Are we expected to change our name then to “The Gullibles”??
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:37 am
I’ve been given some insight regarding the future employment of key personnel at Liverpool Football club and why the situation appears to be in a state of flux, despite a clear direction actually having been resolved a few weeks ago. Please absorb the following and use your brains to digest the following, calculate its merits and don’t let any existing passionate bias for OR against Liverpool dictate your reaction – instead just think about it with a clear head
1. 8 members of the background team staff have been released to work elsewhere and replacements have been interviewed with offers pending.
2. A radical change in policy for youth team structure and development is being resolved currently with an exchange system being negotiated with a specific overseas country (haven’t been told which one).
3. The ownership of the club has been resolved in terms of an offer that HAS been accepted on behalf of the existing shareholders, the deal has yet to be formally concluded in terms of exchange of money for stock – so no announcement will be publicly made until the deal is officially sealed and maximum positive publicity can be achieved.
4. Tom Hicks had been trying to influence the buyer to work with him in future projects in the buyer’s native homeland and surrounding countries – totally unrelated field to that of football but he has been trying to use Liverpool as a bargaining chip to get himself into the alternative commercial environment in an alternative niche.
5. Tom Hicks holds no existing interest in building the new stadium for LFC – any suggestion otherwise is purely speculative. The original design is to be redrawn by the new bidder and a resubmission to the Council will be made by March 2011. No additional onsite work will become effective until then.
6. The manager identified by the new owner is one that some of the KEY 1st team personnel already know – non–disclosure clauses have been distributed to all personnel that know his identity and they all have been contacted to explain the sensitivity of the situation and will not be drawn on commenting in the press, to family members or members of the public!
7. The manager elect has carefully deflected attention from his position and it will NOT be Kenny Dalglish or Roy Hodgson. The debate is a convenient public distraction being played out to divert attention from the identity of the soon to be new owner and his chosen number one.
8. The club is gearing up for an announcement in July and not before and will not do so until the World Cup is concluded. It is imperative to both the commercial value of the announcement and in particular the selected manager – that the team he is currently involved with is not distracted by press questions or club business. Success in the World Cup under this manager will greatly increase the attraction of new players to LFC and significantly increase the commercial revenue stream. Carefully engineered distractions are already in place to handle identities of both buyer and manager until mid July.
9. At least 16 first team members are certain to be leaving. All player sales NET income generated will be made available to the new team along with an initial cash injection (advance allocation of commercial revenue) to build a squad now for the next 4–5 years under the new manager.
10. The 1st team will be permanently reduced from their present numbers to allow an increase in wage levels for the main squad, allowing a competitive level of salary for high gross revenue earning players to be maintained at a sustainable level. This will assist in attracting foreign players to the UK , despite the higher tax band and wages offered elsewhere, without dramatically increasing the outgoings of the club.
It has to be stressed that all of the negotiations to purchase the club and the appointment of the target manager has been done through representatives of all parties and you will NOT have seen or will see LFC board members at a hotel/bank/airport/stadia etc with identifiable individuals!! It is too sensitive a time; the process has not been and will continue NOT to be played out in any public areas.
Please note that only the select few within the club know the intimate details of the owners elect and the manager elect – this does NOT include ground staff, reserve team, youth team players or most of the first team. They have NOT been informed of any of the developments other than all will be announced mid July.
So.. to summarise:
Significant non–player staff changes – Yes
New owners agreed – Yes
New Owners installed – Less than 40 days away.
New Manager Identified – Yes
New Manager installed – Only after the World Cup – actively engaged
Cash for transfers – Yes
Amount for transfers – I don’t know – no point in guessing!!
Sustainable Business Model Identified – Yes
Stadium plans – To be revised and resubmitted to council next year.
Players informed – Select few only!
Media informed – OBVIOUSLY NOT UNTIL MID JULY!
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Apologies for the spelling and grammar problems. English is not the first language of the secretary I had typing my words. Her fingers have been removed, so there will be no repeat of that.
I can only tell you all that although the Sheik is a fan of South American football, he is not a fan of cheats, so while there will be no approach for Lucio, Steven Gerrard will be moved on, although it does not preclude Maradona as it was Allah himself that handled the ball.
All the best,
Salif Diao Monsir
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Guys – interesting reading, im intrigued by this 15th July date but think its just a false rumour.
Sum1(post 27) made a great point to sum up LFC
“football needs liverpool, we are globally loved”
You can not buy history, true fans follow teams through thick and thin. We are in that period at the moment and the quicker we get sold the better for football we will be – we are a wounded animal at present but when we recover then people will take notice. I really do hope this rumours are true but I am a realistist and dont think its true – as a few people have said – too many false damwns.
Having followed LFC for 30 years and seen the rise and fall its all down to a number of factors – 1. Moores selling the soul to the cowboys 2. Rafa not doing things the dignified liverpool way and instead the Jeremy Kyle way 3. Same squad as 08/09 simply not performed in 09/10.
I know i maybe pointing fingures here but that is not the intention. I really want to turn back the clock to the 70s and 80s but we simply can not live off the past we need to look t the future and make step the foudations for more successful history.
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:07 am
YES YES YES
Its a rich man’s world.
And anyway
Begger’s cant be chooser’s
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:29 am
I’m sorry, I would love to believe this ‘rumour’ however its utter nonsense! Roy hodgson will be officially announced on Thurs at 1300. So that defeats all of the above, Bad times ahead.
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:36 am
This doesnt add up.
Why would we be on the verge of appointing Hodgson as manager? If this is a ruse then we will know in the next few days…
Why would Hicks not have leaked this to the press to try and bump up the price and create a bidding war?
Why has none of the press got hold of this information through the process of due dillegence etc like when DIC and the Yanks came in for us 3 years ago?
Why does someone (no disrespect to the poster) on an internet chat room know all of this yet nobody else in the world of football does?
I really hope I’m wrong and I’m not try to discredit to the people who have gone out of their way to post this info but I just cant see them being able to keep something of this magnitude quiet when nearly every other takeover in football and in the commercial world tends to get leaked beforehand.
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:40 am
apparently the deal has already been done but not going public till mid july, a mate of mine got a call from someone he knows that works at anfield hope it’s all true. Y.N.W.A
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:36 am
so… SalifMonsir and RealHolidayReports.Com
if we do unveil Roy Hodgson as manager in 2 days time then you are both proved completely wrong? agreed?
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:40 am
let’s keep our fingers crossed that hodgson not appointed on thursday.
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:42 am
its a hoax and you are all so gullible you are falling for it. the facts are some idiot went on wikipedia and edited the sheiks site saying he was buying lfc. it was so obviously a hoax and was taken off his wikepedia site straight away.If the deal had been done it would be known in the financial world as it is a huge amount of money if it was done it would be known in the sporting world as it is a huge amount of money and lfc is a huge club. when the yanks were taking over it was known when dic were checking our paper work it was
known.
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:48 am
What ever the case, who ever the new owners are, something seems 2 have changed over the last week or so, the reason I think this? Suddenly the players that had been jumping at the bit to leave, seemed to be all quiet! Strange that!
They might well be truth in this rumor, I guess we Can all dream
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:55 am
your all gullible
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:10 am
I have a friend who’s cousin’s brother-in-law knows the person who walks Purslow’s dog who told me that a deal has definitely been done already. We’re rich!
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:11 am
we’ll see what unfolds in the next couple of weeks
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Amount available for transfers. Dont want to guess. The whole f-in post is one big GUESS. Salif Manctoom, sorry me little rat catching manc your going to have to get up a lot earlier for anyone to fall for your sad excuse of a wind up. Run along now.
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:20 am
It is like asking ‘Would you like more money in your bank account’ Stupid is as stupid does!
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June 29th, 2010 at 11:56 am
This article was first published a couple of weeks back.
Why bother re publishing it if your not just trying to get peoples hopes up.
No proof all rubbish
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I think we should just accept that our club is being raped and the yankers have continued to overprice the club,it all looks very bleak but we will rise again………in time
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Yes he is the right man why do purslow,Hicks and Gillet have to think about they should do the deal now
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
no one knew man city had been bought by their sheik either, they were able to buy SWP etc and then announced the takeover, everyone was shocked.
im hoping this is true, tho i dont know how good maradona would be as coach if it is him, we will know this aint true if hodgson gets appointed
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Monsir you do lead a very fulfilling life
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June 29th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Will the premier league never learn. Someone waves a big fat wad of cash in our face and we suddenly start begging like an obedient dog. It might be the short term answer, but what about the long term. Super rich individuals, deriving their profits from unsustainable rape of environmental resources, will never have the interests of Liverpool at heart. We will be a plaything or toy. The German league system and teams like Barcelona are the way forward. Why not hold out for the long term? Stable option rather than the greedy short term thrill.
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June 29th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Anyone can use this nickname, this is all complete guff!! I don’t know who’s who! I guess our dream ends on Thursday
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June 29th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Monsir,i appreciate that anyone can use the nickname but if you do know what you previuosly stated how would it all end on thursday??
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June 29th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
@no number 7, Mate I’m not salif monsir I was just making the point that the above comments ref: I’m a manc etc could of been anyone, I like yourself would love to wake up to the news that Shiek Khalifa was our new owner and we were the richest club in the Premier league, However we have been here so many times in the past! Only thursday will hold the answer, If Hodgson signs I can only assume its all just garbage! ….fingers crossed YNWA
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June 29th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
@MJS fair point,we all live in hope but i think we all still know the fate that (possibly) thursday will bring,it is still our club but i think things will deffo get worse before we can smile again
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June 29th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
If the board appoint Hodgson on Thursday then they are a million miles away from selling the club. Any interested party would want to bring in their own manager.
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June 29th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Come mid July and we hear nothing, see nothing but more speculation…
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I am not salif monsir,i made the whole thing up,but only to prove that what i am hearing and being told is absolute garbage,i love liverpool fc just like the next fan,so 100% do not believe anything until sky sports,liverpool echo or lfc themselves prove that its true.I am sorry for any one who felt what i said was true but it does show that the people who thought i was a blag are right,i have a friend who works at liverpool or my mate heard his mate saying are all utter rubbish until its proven true. I like so many reds fans want every word of the story of the sheikh taking over to be true but all we can do is wait and see.I personally believe myself like someone has already said that if hodgson gets appointed this week then there is no takeover,then all we can hope for is a better season than last.apologies again but does show how a couple of comments like mine can turn a few heads and start people off thinking all is rosy again.YANKS OUT.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I new it but he is right,should roy become our manager this week then the yanks must be stayin,no manager is gonna risk all for a five month stint with us,take the compo and risk losing out on his beloved england job. We are too big a club to mess things up again and i am sure the hierachy are gonna make sure that we are up there fighting this season so for me i think something good will come of all this and we just have to get behind whoever it is but still pressure the yanks.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Desperate times when I find myself scouring the net for the latest update on a takeover or trying to read between the lines with everyone linked to Liverpool.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
no liverpool fan will ever believe anything anybody says anymore, unless its made official and 100% confirmed so as stated before, expect hodgson on thursday but dont expect us fans to be saying ‘ooh no that means them rumours are dead’ cuz it was just some manc startin shit up, AND WE DONT BELIEVE!!!!!!!!
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
oh yeah and this cannot be true anyway, just remember the old saying ‘it sounds ‘TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!!!
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Thats passion jonny rich,we all want whats best for our club,i am pretty sure next season cannot be as bad as this one surely not,just got to move on hope for the best,just gets me that if the club isnt sold and we have the personnel within the club i.e kenny,sammy etc surely it would make sense not to spend out on a new managers buy out clauses so that would signal to me that the new owners if its true have earmarked hodgson should he get the job as there wanted man. something doesnt add up.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
roy will be appointed on thursday, american owners will not budge on valuation. lfc will not be sold, but sg torres and macherano will.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
any rumour involving arabs has been around for about 5 years. these guys use Liverpool fc as a marketing tool to drum up business and drive their shares up.
We are stuck with the Yanks unless someone gullable comes forward with the asking price, believed to be around £800million.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
What igor says could very well come true,from my view so could them selling up and a new owner being unveiled but the yanks could stay on until the proposed internet footy comes in where the owners are set to make a fortune so it really could go anyway who knows but the americans and co.I suppose just because we love the club does that give us the right to know what they are doing with there buisness,i am not sure how much they have to make public if any,i know its rubbish but i suppose if they dont want us to know then thats there choice,but i to am scouring the net desperate for any info.
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
so what about RealHolidayReports.Com – all bull is
i wish you never did that, as playing fantasy football with the New Sheiks Money was helping me sleep at night – back to my sleepless nights
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June 29th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
i pray that this is true, he is the owner every fan hopes for loyal and willing too move the club forward
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June 29th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Doesnt anyone else agree with me when i say why would the yanks take their money and buy hodgson out of his contract when kenny is there and wouldnt need anything other than moving into the managers position.Could anyone explain the benefit of the move,especially if they are looking to sell. Surely someone who is liverpool fc like kenny would be the cheap ideal man,steadies the ship and it looks a better club to buy?
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June 29th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Find it all strange, they are being linked to players when there is no manager in place aswell.
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June 29th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Sky just reported, although fulham wont release any statement they understand hodgson will be liverpool fc,s manager by friday. Looks nailed on to me.
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June 29th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Top BBC reporter saying the same thing. HOPE its not true.
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June 29th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
I have also heard this is adone deal & will b anounced on the 15 of july !!!!!
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June 29th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Just been informed by a friend,hodgson was at melwood yesterday and the sale of the club will enable us to buy just as heavily as city,still will wait and see the truth. Just been on sky mark hughes turns a multi mill deal to manage a foreign team down so maybe he is after the fulham job.There usually a domino effect so again suppose we will just have to wait and see. Mate also said carra and gerrard are very happy with hodgson who will get them back to basics and common sense team selection.All will be revealed in time i guess,when its true it will be made public and we dont have to guess.
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
Who thinks Hodgson can attract big names at the club?
Not me.
I’m not even sure if he can persuade Gerrad, Torres and Mascherano to stay.
On the up side, he can bring Bobby Zamora and maybe win us the Europa League in the next 3 to 4 years.
Fingers crossed!
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Maybe roy wouldnt have been my 1st choice either but this may just be the bizarre managerial decision that gets us our title back,i hear fans calling for a english manager for england maybe its time we had a manager who knows the prem and will play players in position,give his all to the f.a cup and aims to get us back in the champs league.gives the young players like pacheco,kelly,derby,nemeth,plessis a chance,wont please everyone i know but may just be the mad choice that helps us get back to the good old days.
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June 29th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Redknapp and O’Neill if you want someone who knowes Premier League.
The fact that Redknapp is not an option says something about the clubs situation.
O’Neill maybe would take Liverpool job, I dont like him neither but far better option than Hodgson, and more expensive most likely.
But is this the time to be saving money on manager?
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June 30th, 2010 at 6:36 am
Hodgson has apparently alredy signed a 3m contract as LFC manager. So RealHolidayReports.com you have an active imagination, but for the most part the majority of us arent that gullible.
Oh guess what kids, i have it on good intel that Bill Gates is going to buy liverpool. Yeah, and he is going to turn Anfield in the biggest Stadium in the world. It will sit 500000 people and every seat will have its own lcd screen. He is going to bring back all the former greats of football like pele, platini, maradonna, zico bechenbauer into the team and we are guarenteed a premierhip..
sod off you wayne ker. We feel bad enough without peolpe like you raising false hope. Sit on a mine and just die already…
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June 30th, 2010 at 6:38 am
no disrespect to the new manager, but why would sky publish that we were after another coach if he was the one trusted with the job? I think we were shown that we wanted a better coach but settled for 3rd best… My view is that we still have alot of tears to lose.
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June 30th, 2010 at 8:28 am
he can’t be worse than the yankees! plus he’s minted so cld work for LFC!
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June 30th, 2010 at 8:36 am
looks like its roy,only one thing to do now,back him to the hilt,english,experienced,appreciates our history as he was brought threw his footballing career whilst we were winning things,weve had our foreign coaches so maybe the old school can roll back the years.who knows hey positives only about the man for me and hopefully his football will be positive to.Seems like a man with alot of dignity,welcome to liverpool fc roy and all the very best…………….
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June 30th, 2010 at 10:51 am
antix 1 post 90, spot on mate, great post
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June 30th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
am made up with roy,get rid of the deadwood,get in players who are good enough but come on a budget,we just have to live with the fact financially we cant compete with citys spurs etc anymore.At the end of the day 11 players the same as the opposition,play em in the right position,dont leave the subs till 65 mins every single game,dont persist with average players nearly every game,dont sell your best players,dont get rubbish players in only to move em on in 12 months.whether hodgson is or isnt the best manager in the world cheer the guy on and see what he can do,money is the main factor in people taking jobs not love for the club.Post 90 must be gullable or you wouldnt be so wound up,the rafa era has gone move on with woy and see where it takes us.sum 1 post 93 not spot on and not such a great post.
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June 30th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
It’s sad that we have to create this kind of rumours to please ourselves and keep us hoping. We are in Dreamland my friend. Same goes for Tom Greedy Hicks. His evaluation will never interest anyone. As long as Tomcat does not make enough money to kiss goodbye to us, he wont let us go. And those Sheikhs are not dumbo. They wont succumb to Tomcat’s greediness.
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July 1st, 2010 at 4:08 pm
On a potential takeover of the club – with Tom Hicks and George Gillett looking to sell up – Broughton added: ‘Information has gone out to a number of people who have expressed an interest.
‘There haven’t been any offers to turn down but we wouldn’t expect any offers at this stage. There is no specific deadline but hopefully a deal can get done before the end of the transfer season.
‘But these things can take quite a bit of time. We’re on course pretty well to be where we expected to be at this stage.’
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