Kenny Huang linked to Liverpool takeover

[captainobvious]

Might as well put in a bid myself. Surely got a chance at this rate

 

Did you just take that book into the bathroom?

[George Costanza]

Did you just take that book into the bathroom?

 

nope i just eat i ecliar out of the bin though

 

yada yada yada

[redphil]

Boys fuck all is happening and fuck all is going to happen, the market is fucked the world has changed since dubai offered £500 million and Hiicks fucked him off. Nobody is going to buy a club for £300 million and have to build a ground for 350 million before investing in the team

[Xherdan]

Boys fuck all is happening and fuck all is going to happen, the market is fucked the world has changed since dubai offered £500 million and Hiicks fucked him off. Nobody is going to buy a club for £300 million and have to build a ground for 350 million before investing in the team

 

Funny how you claim economic depression yet quote boom time stadium build prices.

[redphil]

not boom time costs for stadium development £450 million was quoted as costs when china was buying all the steel hence the revised cost of 350 million for the spec as we know.

[captainobvious]

Look at us...squabbling, bickering....we never used to be like this

[nani112]

sick and tired of this saga.. could not give a crap anymore to be honest. ill be back to read the news once a takeover is a complete. if it ever happens that is.:wallbutt:

 

if only we accepted the offer from dubai a few years back.

 

 

offcource nobody is gonna buy the club for the 600£m hicks and gillete seem to want. my guess is barcap/broughton also want a profit and are demanding a 500£m offer. wich nobody will make in the current state.

 

we will be sold after october the 6th when we are in the deep shit. unless the yanks find a new way to get refinanced again. neverending saga

:wallbutt::wallbutt::wallbutt:

 

 

lets hope the Itks from rawk bamba etc show up and tell us what went wrong today.

[markdav]

Look at us...squabbling, bickering....we never used to be like this

 

Yes we did

[captainobvious]

Yes we did

 

He's right you know, we've always been like this.

[llego]

He's right you know, we've always been like this.

 

Always starting August 2010?

[captainobvious]

Always starting August 2010?

 

Its a quote from a tv show. Don't get picky.

[Red Phoenix]

That gif session earlier was awesome. The two cunts are still on their last legs, and a lot more gifs are imminent. Am going to try and select some of the finest for when the moment arrives, but am sure Hammie will still rule the show. I hope he's been restocking. (anyone seen the old tv series batman one with the dancing? I don't remember seeing that episode and it scares me.)

 

Tom and George : not long now!

[Dougie Do'ins]

Its a quote from a tv show. Don't get picky.

To many Young Ones on here who didn't get it.

[Ted]

[razor]

CaptainObvious is the People's Poet.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Tony Barrett said that there are two proposals from people that have proved funding. I guess all that is left to do, if they haven't already done it, is to recommend it as a formal offer and then for the owners to accept it and to fuck off.

[Ted]

Ali Dia is preparing a bid as we speak.

[StevieH]

Ali Dia is preparing a bid as we speak.

 

Souness is fronting his bid.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Souness is fronting his bid.

 

Backed by Umm al-Quwain.

[L19red]

Look at us...squabbling, bickering....we never used to be like this

 

Like Children.

[Guest davelfc]

Is a little frustration worth it if in the end it means those two cancers are gone?

 

They're clinging on with their fingernails at the moment, nobody will refinance them and every day they hang on the club is worth less and less.

 

Their one hope has alienated most of the fan base with his incredibly stupid comments. Maybe we are at the stage where it's simply a case of agreeing the final cost with a new buyer.

 

Whatever happens, the current owners surely can't be around for long and for now that's a comfort. If you believe the rumours then things are even better than that.

 

Luckily the club and fans will take a break from squabbling about finances and take overs while they concentrate for a couple of hours on football tomorrow.

[StevieH]

Not much information on the Hicks Holdings website these days.

 

Hicks Holdings

[StevieH]

Liverpool Echo - News - Liverpool Local News - Liverpool FC ownership deal unlikely before transfer window closes

 

HOPES that Liverpool FC could be sold before the end of the month look increasingly unlikely to be realised.

 

Chairman Martin Broughton had been hoping to receive official bids for the club ahead of the kick-off of the new season tomorrow.

 

But no bids have been received from the interested parties and an expected board meeting to discuss the sale does not look likely.

Consortiums led by Chinese businessman Kenny Huang and Syrian Yahya Kirdi are still thought to be front runners in the battle to take control at Anfield.

 

But neither of the potential bidders plan to attend tomorrow’s match against Arsenal – adding credence to suggestions that a deal is not going to being sealed before the end of the transfer window.

 

A source familiar with negotiations told the ECHO: “There is a lot of money involved and people have got to do their homework, which takes time.”

 

Pressure continues to mount on American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

 

The clock is ticking for the US pair as the club’s main creditors – the Royal Bank of Scotland – has imposed penalty fees on their £237m debt, which is up for refinancing in October.

 

If no sale takes place before the end of the month the Americans will be personally liable for a £20m penalty fine imposed by RBS.

 

A more realistic timescale now looks like October, the deadline set by RBS when they agreed to refinance the owners’ substantial loan earlier this year.

 

The additional fees have not been placed on the club’s books and must be met by the Americans, and will be taken out of the proceeds of any club sale.

 

The penalty clauses form part of attempts to “ramp up the pressure” on the Americans and force them to sell their interest.

 

Both front running bidders have claimed they are closing in on a deal during the last seven days.

 

First Mr Kirdi’s consortium said they had reached agreement with Hicks and Gillett over a deal while Mr Huang told a Chinese magazine he was 50% confident he would be taking over the club although admitted the competition was strong.

 

Didn't a board meeting take place yesterday in London?

[StevieH]

Liverpool Echo - Liverpool FC - News - Offers on the table in battle for Liverpool FC ownership

 

LIVERPOOL Football Club has received a number of firm takeover proposals, Anfield officials have confirmed.

 

The club released a statement following a key board meeting in London yesterday which followed two weeks of intense speculation about potential bidders, including Chinese mogul Kenny Huang and the Syrian businessman Yahya Kirdi, as well as unnamed others.

 

Liverpool's statement read: "The Liverpool FC Board has reviewed a number of proposed bids for the club at a meeting held on Friday.

 

"The Board will continue to act in the best interests of Liverpool Football Club and its supporters, doing all that it can to ensure that the Club is ultimately sold to a buyer who has the resources and real commitment to give it a long-term, stable and secure funding position for its plans.

 

"The sale process is continuing. However, its timing and outcome remain uncertain.

 

"In the meantime, we will not comment on rumour and speculation."

 

The development is a positive sign that there is at last some formal substance to the Anfield sale process, with declared bids and letters of intent from several parties now vying to buy out Americans George Gillett and Tom Hicks, now on the boardroom table. Anfield officials made it clear after news of interest from Huang and Kirdi emerged that they wanted to see potential investors "show them the money" and had grown weary that the process was being played out in the media.

 

However, the club’s senior executives, led by Chairman Martin Broughton, Managing Director Christian Purslow and Commercial Director Ian Ayre, will take all the time they need to evaluate each offer thoroughly.

 

Though the Reds are still hoping for a swift resolution to the process, it is being stressed that the greatest priority above all is to ensure the club moves into the right hands, given all the controversies and broken promises of the past three years.

 

There is a determination to ensure that not only do bidders have the money to back up their now formally declared interest – but that they will deal with Liverpool’s debt burden, commit to finally building a new stadium, and prove worthy and responsible owners of the five-times European champions.

 

All of those criteria mean that a decision on a preferred bidder – should one eventually emerge – is still a matter of days, possibly even weeks away.

 

All the while, pressure is continuing to mount on Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland will call in their debt of £237m on October 6, rather than facilitate another re-financing deal.

 

Hicks and Gillett could also be hit with a £20m fine in charges by the RBS if Liverpool is not sold before the end of August.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Edit : Already posted