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Sheikh Mohammed will step up his bid to buy Liverpool by using his own money to invest in the
club.
The oil-rich Arab leader of Dubai has ditched DIC - the investment arm of his government - as the
buy-out company he will use if he gets the chance to purchase the Anfield club from Americans Tom
Hicks and George Gillett.
When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea in 2003 and splashed £600 million to-date on the football
club, few would have expected that a rival billionaire would outspend Chelsea's owner. And even
fewer would have predicted that the club would have been Manchester City. But Manchester City has
done it by being taken over by the investment company [.
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Stan Bowles' Perspective - At least, according to the Sunday People!
Sunday People/Peter Ward - 28 September 2008 - TIGHT Rs BLASTED
EXCLUSIVE
QPR legend Stan Bowles has branded the club's billionaire owners skinflints after being sidelined
from his hospitality role.
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QPR Official Site- CLUB STATEMENT
Following a report in one of today's national newspapers, titled 'QPC is definitely a move too far,
Flavio,' QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman Flavio Briatore has issued the following statement:
"This is pure fabrication and I don't know where the story has come from.
As we mentioned is a previous article Indian Billionaire Anil Ambani has pulled out of trying to
buy Newcastle united today. Anil Ambani - no longer interested in buying Newcastle United At least
the fact that he has pulled out, may prove he was really interested in buying the club, since we
have no real proof of [.
The events of the last few days point pretty clearly to one thing: the end of the football manager.
Alan Curbishley quit because West Ham sold players without his consent, Kevin Keegan may or may not
be about to do the same thing. In the age of billionaire businessman owners and/or sporting
directors, managers just don't [.
I know there is a big football story when Sky dispatches the satellite truck up from Milton Keynes
and I get on Sky News rather than Sky Sports News. I am, of course, talking about the takeover of
Manchester City by an Arab billionaire who is said to be so wealthy that his wealth can be seen
from outer space.
Come on down! These days everyone wants to be taken over by a billionaire and then immediately get
linked with players worth more than the entire debt of Africa. But how? Ker-Ching! It's easy! The
Premier League title awaits, all you have to do is pick out a billionaire, flutter your eyelashes
and as sure as [.
Alberto Aquilani symbolizing the trapped feeling many of us Roma fans are experiencing
at the moment
Luciano Spalletti is going to have to earn his spurs as a manager.Today Roma fell to Cluj of
Romania 2-1 in the Champions league. After failing to hold a 1 nil lead against 10 man Napoli at
home a 10 days ago and then stumbling on the road against Palermo in Serie A action this past
weekend we have todays disaster encapsulating a horrible run of form.
Tottenham are the takeover target of a 'super rich' south-east Asia investor, according to reports.
Discussions between the unnamed billionaire and agent Pini Zahavi are said to be at a preliminary
phase. Although Zahavi - who orchestrated Roman Abramovich's takeover at Chelsea back in 2003 - has
not been instructed by the north Londoners, he is convinced [.
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The Sun - QPR 0 Derby C 2From PAUL JIGGINS at Loftus Road
AN off-peak return rail ticket from Derby to London: £59.
A seat in the visitors' enclosure at Loftus Road (if QPR had their way): £40.
Seeing your team win their first away game for 18 months: Absolutely blooming priceless!
After, let's be honest, a pretty flat summer of press conjecture and outright
lies, the transfer quagmire finally unravelled itself last night in spectacular fashion, causing
many members of the STT editorial staff to actually indulge in an inadvertent speed binge just to
stay awake in front of Sky Sports News through the night.
Mike Ashley is preparing to sell Newcastle United after losing his popularity with the fans, by
forcing Kevin Keegan out the door earlier this week. It all looked so promising for the club when
Ashley took over just a year ago, with many Magpies fans happy to see the new owner mixing with the
supporters on Newcastle's away trips, but now it looks inevitable he will be forced out by the same
fans he mingled with every week.
Frank Gilmour, Chairman of the Independent Newcastle United Supporters' Association, has warned
Ashley he will never be forgiven, by Newcastle fans on Tyneside, for driving Kevin Keegan out of
the club, and should get out of Toon. Mike Ashley - should get out of Toon And now Gilmour is
insisting the only way the Sports Direct Billionaire [.
Reason I ask is that both Newcastle United and Liverpool fans protested against their billionaire
owners this weekend, with the biggest bone of contention being finances (and, to be fair, Dennis
Wise). Both sets of fans want their club to be challenging Chelsea and Manchester United, and
expected their billionaire owners to spend accordingly.
Arsenal will join forces with once foe Stan Kroenke as the American billionaire joins the club's
board, according to The Times. Kroenke, who holds a 12.38 per cent stake in the club, will be
brought on board as the club unite to try and heed off the takeover attempt of Alisher Usmanov, who
is now Arsenal's [.
Arsenal have this morning announced that American billionaire Stan Kroenke has accepted an
invitation to join the Gunners Board of Directors. Kroenke owns a reported 12.19 per cent stake in
the club and it is thought that other club directors have finally decided to invite him onto the
board at the Emirates to starve off a [.
In these heady days of multi-billionaire takeovers of clubs in the English Premiership and
Championship, the subject of developing young players has again risen to the fore. With the best
overseas talent being bought up by the top clubs, it is a case of the rich getting richer and the
poor getting poorer.
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Hopefully just media hype, although there were board rumours a few months ago, but then the
talk was "London Rangers"
Daily Mail/Charles Sale - QPC is definitely a move too far, Flavio
The super-rich owners of London Championship team QPR have been discussing
changing the name of the club to Queens Park City in order to emphasis its location in the capital.
1. The rules don't apply if you're a billionaire. Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was spotted downing a
pint at the Emirates while his team lost 3-0 to Arsenal. Slight problem: it's illegal to drink
within sight of the pitch in the Premier League. Ashley might think that drinking in the stands
makes him more like one [.
Manchester City's new billionaire owners are planning a world-record £135m bid for Cristiano
Ronaldo in the January transfer window before turning their sights to, among others, Fernando
Torres of Liverpool and Cesc Fábregas of Arsenal.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez welcomed new signing Albert Riera to Anfield today - then admitted
the player's former Premier League employers could be title contenders this season.
The Spanish winger spent six months on loan with Manchester City in his previous spell in English
football and although it was an unmemorable stint for player and club, the prospects of both have
flourished this week.
Football is a billionaire's playground. Manchester City are going to buy the world and everything
in it. Scientists are messing with the equilibrium of the universe. England managed to play well!!
For all this and more the above is today's Photo, Shoot. Photo courtesy of erdalito on Flickr, in
Just-Football's photo pool.
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger accuses Man City owners of turning game into supermarket
Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, has questioned the ethics of Manchester City's billionaire
owners and criticised their British transfer record signing Robinho.
From Telegraph.co.uk
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Financial Times/Peter Marsh - Lunch with the FT: Lakshmi Mittal
It is a scene that stirs the imagination. A few months ago, Lakshmi Mittal invited to
dinner at his palatial home – a neo-Palladian mansion in Kensington – the full playing
squad of Queen's Park Rangers football club, of which Mittal became a part-owner last
year.
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QPR1st join LSA in condemning the latest price increase.
BBC - QPR fans condemn price increases
The Queens Park Rangers supporters trust, QPR 1st, have condemned the club for further increasing
ticket prices.
Admission to some areas of Loftus Road will cost £40 or £50 for some games.
It's the end of the work week for most and as it winds down, Arsenal prepares for another match,
this time away against Bolton. Never an easy place for us to play in, it'll be a tricky fixture no
doubt. Before I get to a preview, there's a lot of chatter around these parts about Arsenal.
First up is the announcement that Stan Kroenke is joining the board at Arsenal.
With all the financial issues currently going on around the world -- most especially in the States
-- you'd think Arsenal would shy away from adding an American billionaire to their precious board.
But with Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov currently breathing down the neck of the Emirates club, it
appears .
Arsene Wenger's recent outburst about banning clubs with a large deficit from UEFA competitions
would end the super club status so coveted of Billionaire owners. This scenario would amount to a
cap on transfer fees and excessive wage demands. Clubs would have to spend only what they earned,
and if they exceeded a percentage limit [.
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Sky Sports News through the night.
Newly promoted 1899 Hoffenheim have made quite a few headlines in the first few weeks of the new
season. More than enough headlines actually for a Weekly Dose edition entirely dedicated to them. A
BILD reporter sets out on a journey to Hoffenheim and discovers that Dietmar Hopp's (Hoffenheim's
billionaire sugar daddy) birthplace is now home [.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson dismisses talk of City bid for Cristiano Ronaldo
Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, was dismissive about the takeover by billionaire
Arab owners of rivals Manchester City, and any attempt to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
From Telegraph.co.
Media reports this morning claim Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood would struggle to resist a
big-money take over from Middle East investors. Despite billionaire Stan Kroenke and Alisher
Usmanov already holding significant share-holdings in the Gunners,who have always done their best
in the past to resist foreign investment – Hill-Wood has revealed that any serious offer
would [.
I know that this is an Arsenal Blog, but the current woes of some of the Premiership clubs and
their Billionaire connections provide valuable lessons for us as fans, as our AGM approaches and
the inevitable pander for Billionaire ownership mounts. Manchester City's new owners have had a
reality check following their defeat [.
Arsenal have welcomed American billionaire Stan Kroenke onto their board as a non-executive
director as they attempt to stave off a potential takeover from Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
A veritable glut of stuff to get through this morning.
I suppose the biggest story is that of Stan Kroenke being appointed to the board as a
non-executive director. It's long been rumoured this was going to happen so it's no suprise but
given Kroenke's first involvement with the club it's quite a turn-around.
