[jackofdk]

Apart from the obvious fine piece of summing up the past year, there's some interesting snippets in this piece by Barrett (who is turning out to be a brilliant journo for all things LFC):

- Talks ARE ongoing between DIC execs and the americans.
- The Sheikh was a LFC-fan as a boy and has taken a personal interest in getting the deal done. (Although this can obviously just be clever PR on DIC's part .

Here's hoping a similar story written in a year from now will be a lot more upbeat.