If you’d spent any time actually analysing the debt servicing arrangement you’d realise that the negotiations at the start of the year were less troublesome than some would have you believe. No bank is going to turn down refinancing when they know that they stand to make so much from interest payments on the loan.

Canadiens were more sellable than Liverpool because they cost less and he had a buyer readily available to pay the price he wanted (the new owners were minority owners with gillett in the canadiens). He is asking for a huge amount to sell Liverpool and whilst their are people willing to purchase, none has so far been prepared to meet his asking price.