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Liverpool remain in limbo until bidders put hard offers on the table | David Conn
The Liverpool board meets tomorrow without formal offers or proof prospective buyers have any moneyIn the swirl of announcements, declarations of intent to buy Liverpool, the ins and outs of whether the China Investment Corporation is backing Kenneth Huang, and now the revelation that members of the ruling family of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, may be behind the Syrian businessman Yahya Kirdi, two crucial truths stand unmoved.The first is that the Liverpool board, which meets tomorrow, has still not been presented with formal proposals by any bidder, together with the identity of the
Rafael Benítez states the obvious: debt is damaging Liverpool | David Conn
The manager's remarks about Liverpool's finances may not be earth-shattering but at least someone senior is acknowledging the truthDavid ConnRafael Benítez says Liverpool are in debt: shock, astonishment, clear the back page. The manager says Liverpool must reduce this debt and so do not have millions of pounds to spend buying players: astonishing and extraordinary.Benítez has shocked us, in truth, with a statement of the bleedin' obvious but it is noteworthy somebody in his position has finally come out and said it. Being taken over by two businessmen, who loaded on to the club the £174
Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea scramble to sign Connor Wickham - the next Wayne Rooney
Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea will be involved in an unprecedented scramble to sign 16-year-old striker Connor Wickham from Ipswich in January.
Grays keep up Hammers connection as Moncur appoints Dicks as new boss
Former West Ham and Liverpool defender Julian Dicks has been appointed manager of non league Grays Athletic by his former Upton Park team-mate John Moncur.
Disclosure of the disaster documents is a landmark move by the government and a huge achievement for the campaigning families | David Conn
Disclosure of the disaster documents is a landmark move by the government and a huge achievement for the campaigning familiesHillsborough families welcome the release of documents but will remain cautious until "justice" is securedThe government's announcement that it will make fully available all documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster, and that ministers have agreed how that process will happen, is a huge achievement for the Hillsborough Family Support Group. Ordinary people who lost their loved ones in horrific circumstances at a showpiece football match in 1989, the families are
Liverpool's American dream looks like a dead end | David Conn
Hard to see how Gillett and Hicks can continue financing club even without building a new stadiumWhen Tom Hicks and George Gillett strode on to the Anfield pitch in February 2007 to announce their acquisition of Liverpool Football Club, they presented themselves as the guys to pump the club with finance, provide the wherewithal to build the long-mooted new stadium, and lift the club back to the pre-eminence it had lost in football's moneyed, Premier League era. All their talk was of cherishing Liverpool's heritage, of the Kop, name-checked repeatedly by Hicks in his Texan drawl, of a golden
No new stadium. A huge debt. Despite their promises, Hicks and Gillett have 'done a Glazers' | David Conn
Tom Hicks and George Gillett claimed they were different to Manchester United's owners, but they have betrayed their promises to Liverpool's fansWhen contemplating the hideous financial figures released yesterday by Liverpool Football Club and the owners' holding company, Kop Football, memories drift instinctively back to the promises Tom Hicks and George Gillett made when they swept into the club triumphantly two years ago. Then, it was all smiles, scarves, and warm words. The pair gushed about Liverpool's marvellous heritage; the Kop, which, clearly, they had been carefully briefed to na
Football: David Conn on Hillsborough and Andy Burnham wanting full disclosure
Andy Burnham may have been given a terrible time at Anfield on Wednesday but he is in fact trying to helpThis was an extraordinary week in the tortured history of the Hillsborough disaster. It offered, amid the grief and protest, just a glimmer that some form of "justice" might, after 20 terrible years, be possible for the families of the 96 people who died.The huge crowd attending Wednesday's memorial service at Anfield, and the respectful tone with which the media covered the anniversary, seemed finally to bury the lies and infamy spread in the disaster's aftermath. Hillsborough this wee
Warnock: Reds connection in past
Stephen Warnock insists he will be doing all he can to dent Liverpool's title challenge when Blackburn travel to Anfield on Saturday.Warnock spent five years with the Reds before leaving for Rovers in January 2007 for £1.5million in search of regular first-team football.
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