The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Gillett is American.   

He owns a Canadian hockey team called the Montreal Canadiens - boooooooooooooooooooooo

[corn02]

aw i see, apologies. He is American then? thats much worse.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

2201: LIVERPOOL buy/DEP. LA CORUNA & MALAGA sell
No sooner said than done. Liverpool land Spanish duo Alvaro Arbeloa and Francisco Manuel Duran. Defender Arbeloa, 24, is believed to have cost £2.6m from Deportivo La Coruna. As for 18-year-old midfielder Duran, he is for the youth ranks.

[Fr Ted]

All in all i would have to say that rafa has generally bought well with the limited funds at his disposal, the squad is in much better  shape than the 1 that he inherited. If the signings don't come up to scratch he gets rid quick smart. (bit of a ruthless streak).  what would he not do with a bit of money to spend on a couple of world class players, which liverpool could do with to take them to the next level.

[SuperDooperCooper]

Just in - the taped converstion of the Gillette offer:

George Gillette : The name's Gillette. George Gillette. And I come before you good people tonight with an idea. Probably the greatest... Aw, it's not for you. It's more of a Shelbyville idea.

Moores : Now wait just a minute! We're twice as smart as the people of Shelbyville! Just tell us your idea and we'll vote for it!

[Ethan Edwards]

Alvaro Arbeloa is a defender , but is he a centre half, left back or Right Back, does anyone know anything about this guy, we sold warnock is he the replacement ?

[Carmen Stateside]

Heard he was a right back, cant see him pushing Finnan out!!

[deiseach]

Gillett is American.   

He owns a Canadian hockey team called the Montreal Canadiens - boooooooooooooooooooooo

[magpie seanie]

im gutted dic pulled out,don't know what to make of this american fella but he hardly has as much cash as the arabs

Would you try and live in the real world for God's sake. No-one (bar Roman Abramovich and Jack Walker a while back when it was a lot cheaper) is going to buy a soccer club and throw good money after bad to buy players to keep fans happy. Just be hopeful the buyer is not a leech like Glazer though it's most likely that he will be to an extent anyway. As for Parry and Moores not looking out for themselves......

[corn02]

Iirhs bid from Co Down man John Milliskey now being considered.

[MasterShake]

Just in - the taped converstion of the Gillette offer:

George Gillette : The name's Gillette. George Gillette. And I come before you good people tonight with an idea. Probably the greatest... Aw, it's not for you. It's more of a Shelbyville idea.

Moores : Now wait just a minute! We're twice as smart as the people of Shelbyville! Just tell us your idea and we'll vote for it!

Monorail. Monorail. Monorail!!!  Nice one SDC. Let's hope the new stadium doesn't go the same way as the Monorail...

[The Real Laoislad]

im gutted dic pulled out,don't know what to make of this american fella but he hardly has as much cash as the arabs

Would you try and live in the real world for God's sake. No-one (bar Roman Abramovich and Jack Walker a while back when it was a lot cheaper) is going to buy a soccer club and throw good money after bad to buy players to keep fans happy. Just be hopeful the buyer is not a leech like Glazer though it's most likely that he will be to an extent anyway. As for Parry and Moores not looking out for themselves......

Everyones entitled to their own views and concerns it doesn't mean im living in a fantasy world,And i believe Moore and Parry while obviously are trying to make a few quid for themselves are still trying to secure Liverpool Football Club's future and won't sell out just too make a quick buck

[Gabriel_Hurl]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm

Liverpool have agreed a deal with American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who are set to complete their takeover of the club early next week.

Gillett and Hicks flew to England earlier this week for a secret meeting with senior Liverpool officials.

They persuaded the club to stall talks with Dubai International Capital, which had been expected to buy out the club.

Hicks and Gillett will split the £470m takeover on a 50-50 basis with £215m of that earmarked for a new stadium.

Gillett owns National Hockey League side Montreal Canadiens while Hicks owns rival NHL franchise Dallas Stars as well as the Texas Rangers baseball team.

Hicks has built up a reputation for developing state-of-the-art new stadia for his teams and his participation was a key factor in Liverpool deciding to go with the US bid.

The other issue which clinched the deal is the Americans guaranteed that Liverpool's new stadium on Stanley Park would not be on a groundshare basis, which had been Gillett's original plan when he was considering a solo takeover.

Gillett has impressed Liverpool with his proposals and the speed at which he completed due diligence - the process of investigation by potential investors - in three days.

The 68-year-old American has also stressed his experience in running successful sporting operations.

However, the Independent has claimed that Gillett's business empire collapsed in 1992, leading to a £33.7m personal bankruptcy.

Gillett and Hicks have worked together in the past on the board of a major US meat-processing firm.

Their idea to take over Liverpool gathered force when they met at the NHL All-Star Game last week.

It would be the first time that two owners of rival sports clubs in one league have combined to purchase a club in another.

I feel a lot better knowing there's someone else coming in with him - and this fella Hicks seems to know what he is at

[Square Ball]

Finding it hard to break Everton down they are well organised at the back,hope we're not going to drop valuable points here
Half time : Liverpool 0-0 Everton

are you watching it on the internet? its on PPMate and the quality isnt bad, its on ESPN

[heganboy]

reds were poor and looked like they lacked ideas. glad to see fowler on put would have taken off Bellamy and Crouch, and looked for balls to feet from a bit of width. Everton dealt very well with the high ball in and yet Liverpool had no other ideas. very disappointing day at the office for a lot of players, and to be fair for Benitez also