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'Disgrace' In Lyon Sparks £100m Reds Rescue Plan With Liverpool Nearing Champions League Exit

Anfield Talk 06 November @ 11:11 AM EST
Liverpool's hierarchy are piecing together a £100million rescue package to try to turn round a season that has been branded 'a disgrace' by one of their own players.
Anfield bosses hope to have the cash injection in place by January and will be eager to avoid any delays after keeper Pepe Reina turned on his own team-mates and berated their Champions League failings. Click to continue reading...

Platini’s New Measures Could Hurry Liverpool Takeover By Kraft

Anfield Talk 03 November @ 04:40 PM EST
While Michel Platini's plans for reform in European soccer may, at first glance, appear a serious threat to English soccer club Liverpool's future in European competition, the club's long-term future may be significantly brighter once the new measures are put in place.
Liverpool were one of the clubs namechecked by Platini when discussing his reforms in an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper, saying: "If Liverpool pay €60 million (interest) every year to the banks, it's a lot of money. Click to continue reading...

The 10 Richest People In British Football

Caught Offside 07 October @ 06:19 AM EST

Recession, what Recession? Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City, Celtic and Man United owners make the list, Liverpool's Americans do not and we have a surprise at the top of the list!

10. Lord Grantchester and family £1.2bn
Everton Age 58, last year £1.

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ex-Liverpool owner loses perks

Dirty Tackle 02 September @ 01:03 PM EST

It's belt-tightening time for financially troubled Liverpool and it appears they're starting with a group that should have gotten squeezed out already. Former owner David Moores, who resigned from the club's board back in June, and other ex-directors have had their sizable perks package taken away, which included "keeping all their directors' box privileges and traveling all expenses paid with the team in Europe.

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What might have been: No 3 - How Liverpool FC was sold out by the board for £8m

Liverpool Kop 20 August @ 07:26 AM EST
It's an understatement to say that Tom Hicks and George Gillett have not endeared themselves to Liverpool fans over the last two and a half years. Since the undynamic duo took over, a catalogue of public embarrassments have made Liverpool into a laughing stock at times, all of which could have been avoided had the board simply chosen Dubai International Capital (DIC) as the club's new owners. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool FC Supporters Union Spirit of Shankly Protest Against Club's American Owners

Anfield Talk 19 August @ 11:14 AM EST
Tonight's first home game of the season at Anfield will see Liverpool FC supporters' union Spirit of Shankly leafleting outside the ground to garner support amongst Reds fans against the club's American owners.
The Union issued a statement yesterday blasting Tom Hicks and George Gillett for manager Rafa Benitez's apparent lack of a substantial transfer budget this summer, with the Spaniard seemingly not even permitted to have at his disposal the full amount he has raised himself in the transfer market. Click to continue reading...

Why Nelson Mandela is to blame for Liverpool's failure to win the league for 19 years

Liverpool Kop 26 July @ 05:05 AM EST
Liverpool FC's inability to win the title since 1990 has been blamed on a various people over the years, including David Moores; Rick Parry; Graeme Souness; Roy Evans, Gerard Houllier and, most recently, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The real blame, however, for the club's abject failure to bring home the trophy Bill Shankly famously called ‘our bread and butter' lies solely at the feet of one man: former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela. Click to continue reading...

Robert Kraft: Lack Of A Salary Cap Stopped Me From Buying Liverpool

Anfield Talk 26 June @ 07:57 AM EST
The man who owns the New England Patriots gridiron franchise has revealed that he thinks investing in English football just doesn't make sense in the absence of a salary cap.
Liverpool came very close to being owned by another American businessman a few years ago, but Robert Kraft, a man who has overseen the resurgence of the New England Patriots in the NFL over the last decade, didn't buy the club because he felt that there were too many flaws with the way football was run in England to make it worthwhile. Click to continue reading...

Moores quits Liverpool board

Red's Furyâ„¢ 20 June @ 09:07 AM EST

Former Liverpool chairman David Moores has resigned from the Club's Board of Directors. Moores will, however, retain his position as Club Honorary Life President.

Moores, whose family became one of the richest in Britain with the creation of the Littlewoods empire, took the role of chairman in 1991.

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Former Liverpool Chairman David Moores Quits Anfield Board Of Directors

Anfield Talk 19 June @ 08:53 AM EST
Former Liverpool chairman David Moores resigned from his post on the board of directors at Anfield today.
Coming from one of the richest families in Britain owing to their creation of the Littlewoods franchise, Moores took over the role of Liverpool chairman in 1991.
However, with the Reds needing an increase in investment funds, Moores sold his 51% majority shares in the club to the current owners - American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks - in February 2007. Click to continue reading...

Moores resigns from Board of Directors post

Anfield Red 18 June @ 11:32 AM EST

There's not much to say at the moment other than that David Moores has stepped down from his spot on Liverpool's board of directors.

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Moores resigns from Board of Directors post

Anfield Red 18 June @ 11:32 AM EST

There's not much to say at the moment other than that David Moores has stepped down from his spot on Liverpool's board of directors.

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Moores Resigns

LFC News | Liverpool Football Club News 18 June @ 11:25 AM EST

Liverpools old Chairman David Moores has resigned from the board of Liverpool Football Club.

This will be good news to the Americans as Moores had been Liverpool's link to the past and was trying to keep things running in the Liverpool way.

The fans might see it the other way. Could the Americans be changing things in a way that Moores doesn't like?

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Rafa Benítez Will Not Have Transfer Budget Cut Despite Liverpool's Losses

Anfield Talk 06 June @ 04:33 AM EST
Rafael Benítez's transfer budget will not be reduced as a result of the alarming losses suffered by Liverpool's parent company, Kop Football (Holdings) Limited, though its limitations were exposed again when his main target, David Silva, opened talks on a proposed move to Real Madrid.
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Welcome Back To The Premiership Wolves

EPL Talk 20 April @ 04:18 PM EST

So, 5 years after relegation, the famous Black and Gold strip of Wolverhampton Wanderers has made a belated return to the Premiership after Saturdays tense 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at Molineux. It's an impressive return from a complete turn around from the side relegated from the Premiership under Dave Jones back in 2003-2004 season, Jones was unable to push them back up and was replaced by Glenn Hoddle but he also failed in his attempt to return Wolves back to the Premiership.

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