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Latest from a guy who posts on another football forum - Dmjn100.

No idea if he has inside knowledge or not but i know he has posted a few times and seems pretty clued up.

Hello,

Well it seems as if Tom Hicks has finally now admitted George Gillett is in advanced negotiations with Dubai International Capital.

Word was on Tuesday - there would be a big announcement made regarding Gillett’s shares within 10 days.

Well yesterday Tom Hicks confirmed that negotiations have been on-going with his 'partner' & DIC officials.

The relationship between the American pair has completely & utterly broken down.

Some press are saying that Dubai International Capital are ready to bid for Gillett's shares, but my understanding is, talks have been ongoing for months & the OFFER WAS MADE weeks ago.

I also understand that Gillett has agreed to sell his shares to DIC, which in turn prompted this response from Hicks.

Tom Hicks:

"Not only am I not going to sell, my partner cannot sell without my approval. “

"So I kind of have the ability to determine the outcome of what is going to happen, and I am right in the middle of that."

"For a lot of reasons I can't discuss, I haven't been able to fix it yet. But I am preparing to be in a position to fix it."

Now I understand that last sentence to mean he is desperately trying to find a backer who is willing to stump up the required money that would enable Hicks to buy Gillett's shares.

But this will not happen.

Like I said sometime ago - Gillett has given his word to Dubai International Capital, headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is now personally involved with negotiations, they can buy his shares & everything is in place.

Gillett will not sell his half to Hicks.

Gillett is said to be furious that Hicks has ruined his what seems like a genuine wish to do good things at Liverpool.

Before Foster Gillett left Liverpool, he let it be known to some within Anfield that none of what was happening was down to his father or his family.

Further more George Gillett has spoken with Rafael Benitez, Mr. Moore's & Rick Parry several times in the last 2 months to let them know exactly where things stand with all that going on at the moment.

From what I hear - George Gillett is quite a decent guy who has been railroaded into making decisions he didn’t want to take, but such is his intense disliking of Tom Hicks & the fact things are now beyond repair, Gillett see’s getting out of Liverpool whilst making a tidy profit a good plan & who could blame the guy?

Dmjn100