Liverpool FC owners lose £42.6m
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I don't see it happening anytime soon under the Americans.
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Fair enough but you're forgetting that Torres would not go to Real, being a former Athletico player.
PLEASE !! PLEASE... tell me you are a betting man !!
So is that a yes or no that you are a betting man, cause I have an extremely itchy wallet begging for a piece of the 5th or 6th next season action.
Luis Figo went from Barca to Madrid and I don't see this being any different. The difference here is that Liverpool may need to sell. So Torres may not have a choice in it. The Beeb are speculating (and that's the key here, speculating but it's still a possibility) that RBS & Wachovia could either give them another six months grace at a higher interest rate. Alternatively they could call in the debt as a going concern and sell off some of the assetts.
Because of the very public way this has been conducted, potential investors know that they could get the club or assetts at a knock down price as the clock ticks. Any financial institutions would have seen that Gillette & Hicks are nearly exhausting their list of potential financiers and as such would be holding out for the highest possible interest rate they could.
The most likeley outcome is they get sold at the 11th hour at a price below the £500m they wanted last year. How low it goes depends on how hungry the banks are and how desperate the Yanks get
The difference is that Torres is an Atletico fan, unlike Figo. Not saying that transfer wouldn't happen
p) just saying that's the difference.
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Liverpool will never sell Torres off as an asset. Why on earth would you sell your most valuable assets and then expect a buyer once you're debt has been minimised? Wouldn't happen and wouldn't work.
Figures are from up to August 2008, its nearly 12 months old financial data. Hopefully the yanks will realise they're up a brown creek and sell up.
Figures are from up to August 2008, its nearly 12 months old financial data. Hopefully the yanks will realise they're up a brown creek and sell up.
Why wouldn't it happen. Ask a Leeds fan if they have ever had to sell off their most valuable assets including the ground. He is a player owned by the club and as such are entitled to sell if they want/need to. Alternatively they maybe forced to sell their assests or go out of business.
Much in the same way with Utd if the debts become too much for our Yanks. We can all get all rosey eyed and say they will never leave when they are all doing their fake badge kissing or declaring their undying love for the Kop or Strettford End. This is nothing personal, it's business and the decision could be made for Liverpool, Utd or any club with unmanagable debt for that matter.
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Great news. Hopefully this means we're a step closer to having them shove off and letting someone else have a stab. Only problem is I can't see any investment until this issue is resolved one way or the other. So it could be a slow summer as far as transfers are concerned, but that doesn’t bother me much providing we can hang on to what we have already.
Any assets sold by the Americans now would affect the price they could get for the club if they we're force to sell and is there for pointless. Epecially if it means loosing a cl place.
Stop talking ****. Liverpool isn’t leads, and this isn't 2002. Premier League football and the Liverpool brand are now far too valuable to let them slide the same way Leeds did. If the Americans fail, someone else will step in to fill the void.
Any assets sold by the Americans now would affect the price they could get for the club if they we're force to sell and is there for pointless. Epecially if it means loosing a cl place.
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You're having a laugh, right? Pompy have no chance of being higher than liverpool. They'll be looking at top 10 being a great season.
Man city have the money but they are struggling to convince the top players they mean business (Barry is good but I wouldn't count him as world class), so it's hard to guess where they will end up.
Spurs should improve under Harry but I still see Everton as 5th and the top 4 as they are.
If you think that Liverpool will end up 5th or 6th your a madman, the odds you would get at the bookies for that would be huge so if you're convinced then get some money put on it. You won't see that money again if you ask me though.
Whooo easy their tex, no need to be so aggressive. Firstly have a bit of respect, it's Leeds not leads. If you had a look at my posts, I said that was what was being speculated (i.e. may happen or it may not happen). not by me but by business analysts.
But continue your ignorant tirade. It's ironic that some Leeds fans were of exactley the same opinion that they too were too big to slide down or have to sell their assets in order to survive.
Oh and your right it's not 2002, it's 2009 and we're in a global recession that wasn't in place back then just in case you had missed the news on that one.
Just like Newcastle?
What that story doesn't say is that the holding company has already had to extend the length of the loan as they couldn't agree a new deal back in January. Any new deal agreed in July will likely be at higher interest repayment terms...
The debts just going to get bigger and bigger unless things fundamentally change.
The debts just going to get bigger and bigger unless things fundamentally change.
Incredibly generous. I don't understand why they get the bad press, they've done wonders for the club
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Don't know why so many people think the Americans have funded our transfers from their own pockets. Most, if not all, has come from loans, TV, Premiership and Champions League money 
I wouldn't be surprised if they've actually taken more from the club than they've personally put in.
I wouldn't be surprised if they've actually taken more from the club than they've personally put in.
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Incredibly generous. I don't understand why they get the bad press, they've done wonders for the club
over 80million net over 2007 and 2008's accounts?