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[Jefe]

Jess, da ser dette ut til å gå i boks.

 

Liverpool FC/NESV full statement:

 

 

New England Sports Ventures (NESV) today announces that it has completed the purchase of Liverpool Football Club. NESV wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the board of Liverpool FC for their diligence and their efforts on behalf of the club and its supporters. The transaction values the club at £300m and eliminates all of the acquisition debt placed on LFC by its previous owners, reducing the Club's debt servicing obligations from £25m-£30m a year to £2m-£3m. New England Sports Ventures is committed to winning and currently owns a portfolio of companies, including the Boston Red Sox, New England Sports Network, Fenway Sports Group and Roush Fenway Racing. NESV principal owner John Henry said: "On behalf of the entire NESV partnership, I want to express how incredibly proud and humbled we are to be confirmed as the new owners of Liverpool FC. We regard our role as that of stewards for the club with a primary focus on returning the club to greatness on and off the field for the long-term. We are committed first and foremost to winning. We have a history of winning, and today we want LFC supporters to know that this approach is what we intend to bring to this great club." Liverpool FC chairman Martin Broughton, said: "I am delighted that we have been able to successfully conclude the sale process which has been thorough and extensive. The board decided to accept NESV's offer on the basis that it best met the criteria we set out originally for a new owner. NESV is buying Liverpool in order to put it on an excellent financial footing and continue to develop it internationally. This is a good deal which comprehensively resolves the pressing issue of the club's debt and should give staff, players and fans great confidence regarding the future of Liverpool FC." NESV chairman Thomas Werner said: "We recognise that Liverpool Football Club is an historic institution ultimately grounded in the community and the fans. Our first step as new owners will be to listen. We want to hear from the manager and the players and those who are part of the daily operation of the club. We will be visible at Anfield and will embrace and listen to those who have stood by this club and who are the rock on which its future success will be built. We want to hear from the fans, local leaders and the local community. We want to hear from those who know LFC best, who have made it the best and share our desire to return to a culture of winning." NESV is committed to creating a long-term, financially strong foundation for the club and dedicated to ensuring the club has the financial resources to be successful again and attract the best players. To that end, the transaction has been structured in such a way as to eliminate all of the acquisition debt on the club. In the coming days and months, NESV will work closely with the LFC executive team to listen and learn about every facet of the organisation. During this time, the new owners will begin to look at areas for greatest opportunity to increase the appeal of the club nationally and internationally. NESV wants to once again create a culture and environment to allow people to excel at the club on every front. During this period, NESV will also begin to examine opportunities to enhance the matchday experience in the short-term, while also carefully studying the various long-term options that may be possible. Mr Henry and Mr Werner added: "We are eager to commence with our plan, spend time with the organisation, its leadership, its supporters, and the local communities. We will take these steps alongside the club's executives with a shared objective of stabilising the club and ultimately returning Liverpool FC to its rightful place in English and European football, successful and competing for trophies."

 

[Cryflopp]

Endelig er det offsiellt brekreftet fra LFC selv, nå er vi solgt til NESV og visst faen er det godt, dette var god nyhet. Fy fader så mye tull det har vært men nå er det endelig i boks!

 

Håper dette gir en ekstra motivasjon til spillerene på søndag, en 3poenger på søndag så kan ikke denne helgen bli så mye bedre

[hojohansen]

Selv om jeg regnet med det, var dette en god nyhet å komme hjem til fra jobb, de har mye å rydde opp, men både tror og håper dette kommer til å gå bra. Værre en det vi har hatt det i det siste kan det jo ikke bli....

 

Ser ut som det kan bli en god helg.

 

Y.N.W.A

[SkagenK]

I dag blir det en pils eller to!!

 

Så får vi håpe at disse eierne ikke lyver oss rett opp i trynet slik som H&G.

[GLN]

Helvette så herlig!

 

Det at John var med å kjempet så mye i denne saken beviser at han brenner for klubben og det han vil. I motsetning til Lim som ga opp når han møtte litt motstand...

Så spørs det bare hvor mange millioner vi må bruke videre på advokater i rettsaken mot hicks....DEN kommer til å ta tid.

[Teitgutt]

Gratulerer med dagen, alle raude! Dette er ein dag som skal hugsast i lang, lang tid. Dette skal eg fortelle barnebarna mine om:)

[guttorm]

En merke dag, uten tvil. Nå begynner den lange kampen for å bygge oss opp i den posisjonen vil egentlig skulle vert i nå.

 

Nå går vi for handling og ikke tomme løfter!

[PocoLoco]

gratulerer alle røde! denne uken har rent bort, har ikke fått gjort noe som helst! F5, F5, F5...

[Shifty Powers]

Synd kampen på Søndag ikkje er på Anfield, då det sannsynligvis ville blitt ein FANTASTISK stemning!

[Manx]

Dere får gratulere med nye eiere, får satse på at de er bedre enn de idiotene som har vært der til nå...

 

Edit:

 

Når jeg tenker meg om så skal det vel ikke så jævlig mye til

Endret 15. oktober 2010 av Manx

[Limbeck]

Gratulerer. Er glad dere kom dere ut av problemene i første omgang. Vil tro at det kommer etterspill.

 

Siden alle gruvearbeiderene er ute er det vel plass til Hicks og Gillett sammen med Glazer familien der nede?

[Like clockwork]

Siden alle gruvearbeiderene er ute er det vel plass til Hicks og Gillett sammen med Glazer familien der nede?

 

Hvorfor har ingen tenkt på det før?? GENIALT!

[Jotun]

Tviler på du hadde fått Hicks inn i den kapselen...

[Varmo]

Fy faen så deilig det er å vite at Hicks og Gillett er ute av klubben vår for godt. ENDELIG

[JR Ewing]

Lo litt når jeg så denne.

 

2.51pm: "The delay is probably due to fact they have Christian Poulsen carrying it over - he will be there about 6.30!" emails Paul Davies.

Poulsen is well aware of how slow he is and has tried to make amends. He's given it to Lucas several times already but Lucas just keeps passing it back…

[Paisley]

You will now walk alone, Hicks and Gilett!

Endret 15. oktober 2010 av Paisley

[Step_up]

ja da må jeg jo bare gratulere Liverpool med ny eier. det kan jo være positivt for da kan jo vi få asiaten som er mye rikere

[Limbeck]

feil tråd

Endret 15. oktober 2010 av Limbeck

[Gjest Slettet-D7I5Gr2]

Sunny hadde tilbakeslag han også og var mye eldre

Good to know.

[Latias]

Hicks feels the manner in which the Reds board have acted throughout the takeover wrangle has been unprofessional, claiming he has been 'swindled', while he has also revealed that he attempted to clear the club's debts on Friday but was prevented from doing so.

 

RBS had set a 15th October deadline for their £237million loan, which allowed Hicks and Gillett to buy Liverpool, to be repaid in full or face the consequences - with a nine-point penalty threatened should the club's holding company, Kop Holdings, enter administration.

 

A disappointed Hicks told Sky Sports News: "I'm shocked, devastated, frustrated. We are being very careful to make sure we follow the High Court rules but I'm very disappointed. It's hurt my family tremendously. This very valuable asset has been swindled away me in an epic swindle. I'm very angry about it."

 

"I have been working very hard to solve the issue. We know there are better owners around the world who should own Liverpool Football Club than the Boston Red Sox group (NESV). We knew who they were and were frustrated every time we had conversations with them."

 

"Our desire was to have Liverpool in the hands of the right and proper next owner who could build the stadium and make Liverpool the top club in the world that it deserves to be."

 

Hicks claims he was fully prepared to part with the club and believes a witch-hunt against himself and Gillett was responsible for creating a media and fan frenzy which made the situation virtually impossible to handle.

 

"I accepted the club was going to be sold back in April, the question was when," he added.

 

"The Royal Bank of Scotland wanted it done the day after and there was no reason for that. Liverpool were a very healthy financial performing club. There was a bit too much debt, no question, but we were going to fix that.

 

"We were frustrated by others. I think the right owner would have paid Gillett and Hicks a fair price and would have had the resources to spend on players and the stadium."

 

On the issue of repaying RBS, Hicks claims he was prevented from doing so by a 'conspiracy' which included high ranking officials at Anfield, including club chairman Martin Broughton.

He said: "We did have the funds available to pay off RBS in its entirety. But between RBS and the chairman and the employees that conspired against us, we could not pay off the debt.

 

"I know exactly why that was, they had the ability to. This was an organised conspiracy and it went on for months. It consisted of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Martin Broughton - who wanted a good PR event in his life because he's a Chelsea fan, he's not even a Liverpool fan - he wanted to be scene as the guy who got rid of the Americans."

 

Hicks feels he and Gillett have been cast in an unfair light and have been wronged throughout the takeover ordeal.

 

He is now keen for the real story to be told and is fully prepared to go back to court in order for his side to be heard.

 

"I just want the truth to come out in the courts," he said.

 

SkySports

Endret 15. oktober 2010 av Latias