The question about DIC is would Al Ansari be prepared to put up his own money if the DIC investment went bad? Otherwise, it doesn’t matter how much he’s worth (and it’s not like the Americans weren’t rich themselves when they bought in).

We trusted Moore’s decision on choosing the yanks, he always had the best interest of the clubs future in mind but it looks like they fooled him as well as us.

As for the SOS call to DIC, we know if they come in it’s not going to be all rosy again but then nothing ever is, Sheikh isn’t some mad Liverpool fan from Anfield, he’s a business man who will be out to make a profit. At the moment though, anything has got to be better than these two lying pricks so it’s a case of us just wanting shut and worrying about that when we get to it. Unlike the yanks at least Sheikh actually has money and if you have seen some of the stuff he’s done in Dubai you’ll know he doesn’t settle for anything but the best.

I also know what you mean about becoming jaded. Sometimes I get tired of writing these articles focusing on economics, as the actual football becomes an afterthought. It says much for how prostrate the Premier League is before the altar of high finance that it has come to this, but it needs to be highlighted and understood before we can get back to that.

And do they think it would really be any better under DIC? Or any other white knight who can play with the kind of money that’s being talked, at this point? That’s sad.

I know it’s very complex and goes far beyond Gillett and Hicks, who may be greedy but probably aren’t the worst characters going in the owners boxes of the EPL right now, sadly. I also know that the money side of the sport is not a new topic and I’m not naive about it, but at some point the financial games and fallout warnings become so damned distracting, that I care less and less about what goes on on the field. The jading continues apace here.