According to reports, the firm leading the sale of Liverpool Football Club, Barclays Capital, are returning to previous bidders to see if any are willing to revive their interest in taking over the club. It has been reported that BARCAP have contacted the Rhone Group, the private equity firm that offered £110m for a 40% stake back in March, to see if they would consider making another offer. They have also apparently contacted Kenny Huang, the Hong Kong based businessman who made his interest in buying the club public back in August, as well talking to interested buyers in the Middle East about a possible takeover. Another possible link is a ruling family in the UAE , although most interest has been put off by the asking price that both Tom Hicks and George Gillett have put on the club.
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approch vijay malia….he d only man can help us
Apprach Vijay Malia, Mukesh Ambani, Kenny Huang and others who can put money and lift our club and return the glorious days we enjoyed two decades ago
I’m guess Hick’s has changed his valuation then? as otherwise there would be no incentive for these bidders to come back to the table …. Wishful thinking i guess…
come UAE!come on shekh Khalifa
Yup Sheikh Khalifa half brother of the City owner but more cash rich by 2-3 billion more. The Indians Ambani or Malia won’t buy, Ambani wasn’t really interested it was his partner Roy who wanted the club. But i don’t see the Indians spending millions on transfers and millions on a new stadium they want instant success by spending little. Look at Lakshmi Mithal at QPR the guy could easily buy the club but hes happy being a partner even tho the fans are calling for him to buy it and Briatori still looking for a buyer, yes they’re doing well in the Championship but he knows alot of money will be needed to be spent if they reach the Prem not only in the team but the ground. If Kenny Huang was genuinly telling the truth then he should be talked to because the wealth of China and the lucorative opportunities for our club would set us up for life. Where has this mysterious bidder that Keith Harris is dealing with gone?????? was he taking the piss coz hes a Utd fan and a Red Knight?……YNWA
haven’t yet seen this story anywhere else – what reports and from what sources?
ynwa their debt is due to be paid on or around the 8th of october so their asking price will have to drop because on that date the royal bank of scotland will take the club as payment of the debt which i am preyin happens they will sell the club at a realistic price and then we may see the big hitters come in to contention in buying the club what we hope is no one lends tom and jerry money to service their debt other wise our club will be in very serious trouble never mind what pursow says he is covering the cracks behind the sceans
@albey, i hope you’re right mate! i really hope there is someone waiting in the wings who really WANTS to buy Lfc, rather than our beloved club going cap in hand with a begging bowl to more blood-sucking parasites!
All of those investors are still there, don’t worry!!!!!
Haha, this is really funny, all the other comments left by people seem to suggest that all these people want to buy and are happy throwing money away, hopefully we’ll be bought out by a sensible brand who will run us like a football team and not a private game like that of Man City. Arsenal, love or hate them have worked the club wonderfully, now have a great stadium and are building a great team, it can be done without a sheik if the new owner is clever and not gready!
I always believed the best solution for everyone who really matters, is for RBS to take over, drop 9points, say goodbye to the yanks and build a greater LFC with the 300million that the new owners will save.
Purslows comments show that the only real problem with Hick and Gillets ownership of the club has been the leverage, we don’t need some big sugar daddy who will throw hugh money at the manager, just someone who will purchase the clubs debts and build the stadium, we are a profitable club and if the interest payments went away we would have the money to make the two/three signing per season that we need.
Give us back our club and we will support it, WE can make LFC great again but not while these Yankers are in charge
YNWA
@ 11. peter
I agree but not sure that the nine point deduction would happen, the club is solvent, indeed profitable, the administrators would be called in on Kop holdings.
Im sick of all the debating & crap thats been going on since the cowboys took over our club. The team has been effected on the pitch thats as clear as & i think Torres is pist of because of broken promises. We have the spine of a good team that needs built on by adding quality players through investment with decent owners not Leeches.
personally i think it is all a load of crap and that no-one has or will come forward to buy us out.
if this statement is true then who are the people that christian purslow said last week on lfctv that are doing their due diligence ,
if people are doing due diligence then why approach other prospective buyers unless they think these people are not going to buy,
YNWA
have any of our finacial geniuses thought of asking david moores to put back in the 70 million he took out ? that would make a big hole in the debt.
Liverpoolfc has buyers who i believe are waiting for the bank to takeover, it is good business in trying to save 300 million.
That is the main point there is 300 million more towards a stadium and players.
I think, there r many interested buyers. Why not? This is still the most popular club in a football mad nation, despite hardly any success, huge global fan base, 2 of the best sponsers in the world, assured regular 75k+ full house for gate money if the stadium accomodates, & potential huge endorsement money for branded kits sale, LFC still is a top sports institution to invest.
However, the yanks r investors, dealing In leveraged assets. rather than visionary enterpreneuers in sports, specially in football. Also, ther were a bit unfortunate that, just after takeover, world faced the biggest recession in decades (that stopped the stadium project) & many of the investment by
Rafa was poor.
Now the Yanks have delayed the sale too late (that was always on their plan since takeover & Moores opted them over DIC for higher personal Benifit). Any potential buyer ‘ll wait till the club is called on by bank & purchase at default debt price. However, that might take longer than oct, as RBS would like to reschedule the debt as long as LFC is earning enough to cover the debt services. Our best hope is the 3 non owner directors to prevent prolonging the debt calling on by a inferior debt servicing option.
H&G r most unlikely to find ever a buyer, even at much lower price. They r trapped in their own greed.
It keeps being the truth – LFC will not be sold by G&H this year. RBS will ,business-like, extend the period and so the inflated asking price will sail on into the new year searching for a new owner in vain.
Steve mate if you were offered our club for 600 million but if you sat back and waited a few months and got it for 300 million what would you do steve thats why these people are multi billionares the strike when the time is right . As for loosing 9 points some one mentioned why would we loose 9 points we would not be in administration we would be owened by the bank and the british tax payers and lfc is a going concern so with the bank running us we would be in a far beter position for buyers plus tom and jerry would not get a penny back which would mean all us reds would be very happy bunnies