Liverpool To Be Bled Dry
By Tom Dunmore • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: News & Notes
Hicks lets slip how much interest Liverpool will really be paying.

Hicks lets slip how much interest Liverpool will really be paying.

Are leveraged buy-outs bad for football? Two experts slug it out.
As the protests at Liverpool grow, many fans are calling for Dubai International Capital to swoop in and rescue the club by buying out American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. But the big question remains: do DIC really have the club’s interests at heart, or are they also out to make a quick buck?
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Liverpool fans protest against American owners

What Glazer, Hicks and Gillett could learn from a quiet American.

What’s going on with the rich men running Liverpool and Newcastle?
Well, it’s all Italy all the time here. But this is a weird one. Why — given UEFA regulations prohibit an individual owning a majority shareholding in two competing clubs and that Roma and Liverpool regularly both play in the Champions League — did speculation about Liverpool’s Tom Hicks buying Roma lead to a [...]