Convo from a supporter's group (on a another platform)

[Steveo]

Might as well have been a US bank. Half of the board of Barclays including the CEO at the time were yanks.

51st state

[Steveo]

Stealing this franchise.


Our saviour.

[Steveo]

Commenting in relation to building a new stadium, he said:*“If you go through all of the pictures and virtual tour of the stadium, I don’t see a need to move out yet … it could be reconfigured to add premium seating probably and losing some seats to that might make sense, but the real money here is internationally including the website.”
“This could be a steal,” added Henry. “Every buyer believes what potential Red Sox buyers believed — you have to build a new stadium. And they believe the stadium will cost more than 350m pounds

[Steveo]

APRIL 12, 2010

Barclays to oversee sale of Liverpool FC
By Steve Slater, Matt Scuffham

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. owners of Premier British League Football team Liverpool are looking to sell the club and have appointed Barclays Capital to find a buyer, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.

American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett are facing a demand to repay 100 million pounds of the club’s 237 million pounds debt to its lenders, Royal Bank of Scotland and U.S. bank Wachovia, in July.

That has prompted them to seek a buyer for the club, which has been English champions 18 times and won the European Cup five times.
The Sunday Times had reported that Barclays would back a 300 million pounds refinancing at Liverpool that would lead to the sale of the Premier League club.

The newspaper said the bank is this weekend finalising a deal that will see it replace the club’s current lenders, provide more money for manager Rafa Benitez to spend on players and install British Airways chairman Martin Broughton as chairman.

However, the source told Reuters it would be up to the new owner to make a decision over whether to refinance the club’s debt. The source also declined to comment on what price the club could be sold for or when a sale is likely to take place.

Liverpool Football Club was not immediately available for comment. Barclays Capital declined to comment.

The Sunday Times said Barclays, the main sponsor of the Premier League, will replace RBS and Wachovia, and provide the Merseyside club with additional capital.

Analysts had suggested Liverpool is worth 500 million pounds but the paper said Barclays is understood to believe it would fetch far more if given time to improve its trading.

Benitez was quoted in British media on Sunday as saying Liverpool needed to bring in more players to compete and may even have to sell a few to be able to reinvest.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s four or five or three or five, the cost of a top class player is 15 or 20 million pounds. So with three or four players, you start counting and I think we need up to four new players,” he said in The People.

“I don’t think I will have to sell a big player, but it will depend on the investors so I cannot guarantee we won’t have to sell. Our idea is to keep the spine of the team.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-liverpool-refinancing-idUKTRE63A00W20100412

[Steveo]

Again, like the above - this was 6 Months BEFORE NESV got the club "for a steal"..

The Bleacher Report
Barclays Take Charge Of Liverpool FC Sale,Rafa Eyes Silva For Silverware

KAUSTAV BOSE
APRIL 11, 2010


The valuation of the club is not very very clear though, reports all around suggest bids around 300m -550m GBP would be enough for H & G to let go the control of the club. If Liverpool FC gets sold it should not come as a surprise though, Hicks and Gillet have been much maligned by the fans and supporters for failing to live up to their promises frequently, and with club at an all time low in the present decade, H& G would only profit whatever the selling price be as they had bought the club for about 220m GBP back in February 2007. Hicks & Gillette have lately been selling a lot of their sports teams and selling Liverpool FC for a profit in such hard times, only deems fit. However as the club is still a very reputed one, investors would still be tempted to think that investing in such a Club could well be worth a billion dollar profit, with all the craze that goes alongside English Football.


It is as clear as crystal that, as with Chelsea, the sale was orchestrated by higher powers (insiders) and in our case the sold for little more than half its true value, to favoured US investors. Chelsea the beneficiary of Roman's write off to the tune £1.5 billion, the result is the same...US owners the profiteers!


https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/376719-barclays-take-charge-of-liverpool-fc-salerafa-eyes-silva-for-silverware.amp.html

[redebreck]

Again, like the above - this was 6 Months BEFORE NESV got the club "for a steal"..

The Bleacher Report
Barclays Take Charge Of Liverpool FC Sale,Rafa Eyes Silva For Silverware

KAUSTAV BOSE
APRIL 11, 2010


The valuation of the club is not very very clear though, reports all around suggest bids around 300m -550m GBP would be enough for H & G to let go the control of the club. If Liverpool FC gets sold it should not come as a surprise though, Hicks and Gillet have been much maligned by the fans and supporters for failing to live up to their promises frequently, and with club at an all time low in the present decade, H& G would only profit whatever the selling price be as they had bought the club for about 220m GBP back in February 2007. Hicks & Gillette have lately been selling a lot of their sports teams and selling Liverpool FC for a profit in such hard times, only deems fit. However as the club is still a very reputed one, investors would still be tempted to think that investing in such a Club could well be worth a billion dollar profit, with all the craze that goes alongside English Football.


It is as clear as crystal that, as with Chelsea, the sale was orchestrated by higher powers (insiders) and in our case the sold for little more than half its true value, to favoured US investors. Chelsea the beneficiary of Roman's write off to the tune £1.5 billion, the result is the same...US owners the profiteers!


https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/376719-barclays-take-charge-of-liverpool-fc-salerafa-eyes-silva-for-silverware.amp.html

American billionaires' plaything.