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Originally Posted by isr
So, I would like to ask:
a) how do you know for a fact that Rafa is IN Hicks camp?
b) what part has Rafa played in ensuring that Hicks retains control of Liverpool?
c) what possible impact can Rafa make on the takeover saga, and if so, why hasn't he done it.
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a) Rafa
knows he has a future under Hicks. He knows he has no future under Gillett, and that Gillett mistrusts him in an almost paranoid way. I don't know what DIC have told him but they seem fairly non-commital last I heard, so I can't imagine him trusting them. Does that put him in Hicks' camp? And I'm not saying how I know that, but I've not just made it up!
b) No idea. I've heard rumours of stuff but I don't know if the rumours have come from him or from those who are against him. But the only people who can help Hicks take control of the club are those who give him the money, then Gillett for accepting the money. Short of exposing Gillett and Stavelely in some sort of Paul Jewell video I can't see what Rafa can do.
c) I think I've probably answered that in b). Just to clarify matters a bit more, I don't think this press shite will make a difference to the outcome, it all comes down to money and whatever is really in the share agreements. If Gillett is legally allowed to accept an offer from DIC over one from Hicks then it will come down to money I suppose, if Hicks outbids Gillett I can't see Gillett not going with it. If Gillett has to accept any offer from Hicks before DIC then he'll have to sell. If Hicks can't get the money, he can't buy Gillett out anyway. How Rafa can influence that I'm not really sure.
Does that help?