DIC: takeover thread

[spider-neil]

Correct.

 

What we have done is sell the family silver to one of the worst choices out there, what the fuck twiddle dee and twiddle dumb where thinking of I will never know.

 

Oh sorry the penny dropped their fucken pockets.

We have been sold down the river and that is it.

 

five year search to find hicks LOL! fuck you moores!

[sinbad]

If the fat bastard does end up with full control,

the two weasels should be lynched.

[bobhorse]

Dorris Day

[Rashid]

If Hicks owns us outright it will be time to give up on my club until he is gone.

[Hazel Motes]

If Hicks owns us outright it will be time to give up on my club until he is gone.

 

Atleast something good that comes with all this.

[coop]

Matter of days.

[sinbad]

tick fuckin tock

[Rashid]

Not now you cunts! I am livid.

[DT]

I'm fucking sick of DIC (and others) using the press to manipulate us.

 

They are wrapping the fans round their little finger.

 

Isn't it strange how certain media are drip fed snippets of news about DIC and their long-standing interest (and how they're childhood reds) all the time?

 

Either they shut up and negotiate at meetings and not through the press or pay the price. Or fuck right off.

[sinbad]

Feeling sick right now.

Another sleepless night of constant page refreshing for any news

[Rashid]

Either they shut up and negotiate at meetings and not through the press or pay the price. Or fuck right off.

 

Pete, the price is £1Bn - do you think we are worth that? Hicks has us and DIC by the balls.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

I'm fucking sick of DIC (and others) using the press to manipulate us.

 

They are wrapping the fans round their little finger.

 

Isn't it strange how certain media are drip fed snippets of news about DIC and their long-standing interest (and how they're childhood reds) all the time?

 

Either they shut up and negotiate at meetings and not through the press or pay the price. Or fuck right off.

 

Agreed.

 

It's time for DIC to put up or shut up.

[philyhamann]

If Hicks gets full control, I think I'm going to stop going the match.

[DT]

Pete, the price is £1Bn - do you think we are worth that? Hicks has us and DIC by the balls.

 

the price is £1Bn. Says who? For all we know that figure could well come from Holborn PR, otherwise known as DIC's PR representatives in Britain. They were also involved in the takeover at Southampton and Shinawatra's purchase of Man City.

 

And if that's where it's from, why should we trust it to be true?

 

It's all media games designed to manipulate.

[Rashid]

I am not giving Hicks a penny, I pay for the PTS whether I go or not, I have been buying 2 tickets for EVERY game this and last season and others have gone in my place as I am skint but from now on nobody gets a ticket... Hicks gets fuck all from me.

[coop]

You go girl.

[Elite]

I'm gonna dice up that Fackin mug, you hear me? you fuckin slag.

[Sangria]

five year search to find hicks LOL! fuck you moores!

 

Indeed. If he had tired he could have done no worse but at least he is richer the stupid fool.

I used to think at least his heart was in the right place but that has wore thin. He is the biggest culprit in all this and make no mistake, Hicks is just being well Hicks.

Realising that he has fucked up means nothing.

[CrouchieBoy]

George Gillett Jr ready to trigger Liverpool bidding war | Liverpool - Times Online

 

George Gillett Jr ready to trigger Liverpool bidding war

George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks

 

George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks

Oliver Kay

 

The battle for the ownership of Liverpool escalated last night as Tom Hicks indicated that he is ready to buy out George Gillett Jr, his co-chairman, just as Dubai International Capital (DIC) sought to increase the pressure on the two American owners to accept a £400 million offer that was made to them last week.

 

It emerged last night that DIC, the private equity investment arm of the Dubai Government, made a formal offer to buy out Hicks and Gillett on Wednesday. The offer, which has not been rejected, was made by Amanda Staveley, a senior partner at PCP Capital Partners, who once dated Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. The 34-year-old businesswoman is acting as an adviser to DIC and will be given an influential position in the Liverpool boardroom, overseeing the day-to-day running of the club, if the takeover bid is successful.

 

With discussions continuing behind the scenes, contrary to Hicks's frequent claims, DIC is confident that Gillett will accept its £200 million offer for his 50 per cent stake in the club, possibly even by the end of this week. But there were claims from Dallas last night that Hicks is ready to exercise his option to buy out Gillett's stake and to assume sole ownership of the club, having secured an off-market placement of his shares in Hicks Sports Group, which includes investments in the Texas Rangers baseball team and the Dallas Stars ice hockey franchise, as well as in Liverpool.

 

DIC remained unconvinced by the claims from Dallas last night, given that Hicks has appeared to encourage its interest in buying his stake in recent weeks. One source claimed that Hicks could be forced to sell, taking, along with Gillett, a £25million profit on his investment. But no one at Anfield is certain what will happen during a critical week in which the future of the club could finally be determined.

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The king-maker is likely to be Gillett, whose partnership with Hicks has disintegrated since they arrived on Merseyside in a blaze of glory 13 months ago. Gillett is eager to put the unhappy experiment behind him and is understood to have voiced his unwillingness to sell to Hicks, given the antipathy that has developed between them, but sources in the United States have suggested that he may be forced to do so, given Hicks's considerable influence in American industry.

 

Gillett effectively holds the club's future in his hands, but his feelings on the matter are unclear. What is known is that his departure would be welcomed by Rafael Benítez, the manager, who views Gillett as the greatest threat to his future at Anfield.

 

Having sought to repair his relationship with Hicks, with whom he exchanges regular e-mails, Benítez feels more secure in his position than he did in the autumn, when the American owners tried and failed to line up Jürgen Klinsmann, the former Germany coach, as his successor.

 

Sources at Anfield have stated, however, that “no one knows what Tom Hicks will do if he gets his hands on the entire club”.

 

That is a prospect that is seen with dread by many at Anfield - perhaps not least David Moores, the former chairman, and Rick Parry, the chief executive, who feel that they were wrong to sell to Hicks and Gillett, rather than DIC, a year ago.

 

Parry would be unlikely to survive under Hicks, but nor is there any guarantee that he would be retained by DIC in the long term, particularly because Staveley has been identified as a central figure in the running of the club along with Sameer Al-Ansari, the group's chief executive, who is known to be a Liverpool fan. It is not clear whether Al-Ansari would be based on Merseyside in the event of a takeover, but sources close to DIC have said that it would recruit “the best football brains in the country” to work closely with the team manager.

 

In the meantime, sources at Anfield talk of “chaos” and a situation where “no one knows who is running the club”. DIC is confident that it will be doing so shortly, but if the whispers from Dallas last night are to be believed, Hicks is planning to tighten his grip on the club, not relinquish it.

[sinbad]

DIC remained unconvinced by the claims from Dallas last night, given that Hicks has appeared to encourage its interest in buying his stake in recent weeks. One source claimed that Hicks could be forced to sell, taking, along with Gillett, a £25million profit on his investment. But no one at Anfield is certain what will happen during a critical week in which the future of the club could finally be determined.

 

Hope this is true. The end game has begun

[Moo]

George Gillett Jr ready to trigger Liverpool bidding war | Liverpool - Times Online

 

George Gillett Jr ready to trigger Liverpool bidding war

George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks

 

George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks

Oliver Kay

 

The battle for the ownership of Liverpool escalated last night as Tom Hicks indicated that he is ready to buy out George Gillett Jr, his co-chairman, just as Dubai International Capital (DIC) sought to increase the pressure on the two American owners to accept a £400 million offer that was made to them last week.

 

It emerged last night that DIC, the private equity investment arm of the Dubai Government, made a formal offer to buy out Hicks and Gillett on Wednesday. The offer, which has not been rejected, was made by Amanda Staveley, a senior partner at PCP Capital Partners, who once dated Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. The 34-year-old businesswoman is acting as an adviser to DIC and will be given an influential position in the Liverpool boardroom, overseeing the day-to-day running of the club, if the takeover bid is successful.

 

With discussions continuing behind the scenes, contrary to Hicks's frequent claims, DIC is confident that Gillett will accept its £200 million offer for his 50 per cent stake in the club, possibly even by the end of this week. But there were claims from Dallas last night that Hicks is ready to exercise his option to buy out Gillett's stake and to assume sole ownership of the club, having secured an off-market placement of his shares in Hicks Sports Group, which includes investments in the Texas Rangers baseball team and the Dallas Stars ice hockey franchise, as well as in Liverpool.

 

DIC remained unconvinced by the claims from Dallas last night, given that Hicks has appeared to encourage its interest in buying his stake in recent weeks. One source claimed that Hicks could be forced to sell, taking, along with Gillett, a £25million profit on his investment. But no one at Anfield is certain what will happen during a critical week in which the future of the club could finally be determined.

Related Links

 

* Everton throw down gauntlet to Liverpool

 

* Shadow over Rafael Benitez

 

* Hicks in denial but takeover on course

 

The king-maker is likely to be Gillett, whose partnership with Hicks has disintegrated since they arrived on Merseyside in a blaze of glory 13 months ago. Gillett is eager to put the unhappy experiment behind him and is understood to have voiced his unwillingness to sell to Hicks, given the antipathy that has developed between them, but sources in the United States have suggested that he may be forced to do so, given Hicks's considerable influence in American industry.

 

Gillett effectively holds the club's future in his hands, but his feelings on the matter are unclear. What is known is that his departure would be welcomed by Rafael Benítez, the manager, who views Gillett as the greatest threat to his future at Anfield.

 

Having sought to repair his relationship with Hicks, with whom he exchanges regular e-mails, Benítez feels more secure in his position than he did in the autumn, when the American owners tried and failed to line up Jürgen Klinsmann, the former Germany coach, as his successor.

 

Sources at Anfield have stated, however, that “no one knows what Tom Hicks will do if he gets his hands on the entire club”.

 

That is a prospect that is seen with dread by many at Anfield - perhaps not least David Moores, the former chairman, and Rick Parry, the chief executive, who feel that they were wrong to sell to Hicks and Gillett, rather than DIC, a year ago.

 

Parry would be unlikely to survive under Hicks, but nor is there any guarantee that he would be retained by DIC in the long term, particularly because Staveley has been identified as a central figure in the running of the club along with Sameer Al-Ansari, the group's chief executive, who is known to be a Liverpool fan. It is not clear whether Al-Ansari would be based on Merseyside in the event of a takeover, but sources close to DIC have said that it would recruit “the best football brains in the country” to work closely with the team manager.

 

In the meantime, sources at Anfield talk of “chaos” and a situation where “no one knows who is running the club”. DIC is confident that it will be doing so shortly, but if the whispers from Dallas last night are to be believed, Hicks is planning to tighten his grip on the club, not relinquish it.

 

So basically DIC hope that Hicks is bluffing.

They've made their move, let's hope they have the best hand.

Looks like we'll find out very soon either way, thank heaven for small mercies.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

By my calculations the Great Wall Of China was completed in quicker time than this takeover deal.

[spider-neil]

hicks isn't bluffing, hence his 'a situtation I plan to fix' comment

[greenoak]

Its a hell of a profit

 

Buy for 200 sell for 400

 

Repay the loans and keep the change. Considering 60m was for stadium work and future players that has not been spent it will be alot more than £25m each. Profit is profit.

 

Now fuck off

[Heinze]

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