Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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Champions League surprises galore this week Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool all losing while Sepp Blatter is in the news again, this time explaining why he wants to remain as FIFA president. These and other stories all feature in this week's podcast. Come along to the site at languagecaster.

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Kartik Krishnaiyer is joined by Alexander Caulfied to discuss his recent trip to Leeds and Manchester to watch two league cup matches.

Caulfield, a Merseyside native has much of his family who support Leeds. Hear about the supporters of Leeds at Elland Road even in the bad time, their views on Ken Bates, and on former players Alan Smith and Rio Ferdinand.

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Daniel Agger is generally known to Barclays Premier League fans as a technically gifted Danish defender whose progress has often been halted by injuries. Similarly, Alberto Aquilani is usually perceived by English fans as an immensely creative Italian midfielder who has often been deceived by his proneness to injuries.

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Prince Faisal is the one on the right by the way.

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A Saudi Arabian prince is looking to buy up to half of Premier League football club Liverpool, reports say.

Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud was quoted by the Saudi Al-Riyadh newspaper on Sunday as saying "we are seeking.

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On the 18th September, LFC will be announcing a new shirt sponsor to take over from Carlsberg next season. George Gillet says it will be sponsor that fans will be pleased and surprised to be associated with Liverpool...
There has been a bunch of strong rumours that it could possibly be a financial company, but I can't think of any cool ones. Click to continue reading...

Clubes arriscam ruína em caso de guerra de contratações

Os clubes da Primeira Liga inglesa de futebol arriscam a ruína financeira se tentarem competir no mercado de contratações com o poder financeiro do Manchester City, propriedade de Abu Dhabi United Group, advertiu o secretário-geral da UEFA, David Taylor.

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Rafa Benitez has been given the go ahead to push for the signing of Aston Villa's Ashley Young, according to the News of the World - which also claims that the Spaniard has been assured his compatriot Xabi Alonso will not be joining Real Madrid.
Young has been linked with a number of clubs all summer, but now Benitez and Villa boss Martin O'Neill could be set to wage war once again - as they did in the Gareth Barry saga last summer. Click to continue reading...

Football as business? The level of debt in the English Premier League would never be tolerated in any other business. Click to continue reading...

Interesting news surfacing today with regards to the financial situation at Anfield. The latest business accounts show that the parent company of Liverpool -owned by Tom Hicks and George Gillet - lost an incredible £42.6 million in the year to August 2008. Kop Football Holdings accounts also show just how much money is being drained to service the costs of the parent company's loans, with interest payments alone topping £36.

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Welcome to the latest edition of You Write the Caption. We received more than 70 entries for this photo of Tom Hicks and George Gillet making nice during a recent Liverpool match and some of YWTC entries were very good (and some were great, but not quite family friendly if you know what I mean).

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez last week issued a hands-off warning to any potential suitors looking to snap up Xabi Alonso, declaring that the Spanish international is no longer on the market.
But according to The Daily Telegraph, Real Madrid, and in particular their potential future president, Florentino Perez, have continued to pursue the 27-year-old, as the English broadsheet is adamant that the ex-supremo, should he return to power, will be eager to see the Reds midfielder link up with Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas. Click to continue reading...

The Wall St financial bailout collapsed today and amongst the banks that could be hit hardest is Royal Bank of Scotland who were going to be one of the largest beneficiaries. The bailout would have allowed RBS to offload billions of dollars of toxic assets and loans. This year itself RBS wrote down $10 billion in losses from worthless subprime securities.

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Liverpool's season was marred by an internal war between manager, shareholders and owners. All eyes went from watching the football to round the clock analysis of the goings on between Rafa Benitez and the Liverpool board.
Anfield seemed to be in turmoil in April with co-owner Tom Hicks reportedly asking Rick Parry to hand in his resignation. Click to continue reading...

The Sun today gives us an exclusive, apparently Newcastle owner Mike Ashley tried to sell the club to Dubai Investment Capital. While DIC were sniffing around Liverpool, Ashley contacted the consortium through an intermediary to say that Newcastle would be available for £300million, but he failed to turn DIC's heads. Click to continue reading...

What Glazer, Hicks and Gillett could learn from a quiet American. Click to continue reading...