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Premier League - Fans rally against Liverpool owners
The debts of Liverpool's parent company have cast a cloud over the club's future and sparked a fans group to campaign for their removal.
Liverpool owners Hicks and Gillett suffer £42m loss due to loans
• Accountants warn of threat to holding company's future• Americans seeking refinancing and said to be relaxedTom Hicks and George Gillett have been warned their ownership of Liverpool will be in "significant doubt" should they fail to refinance their debts on the club next month, after it emerged their parent company, Kop Football (Holdings) Limited, suffered a £42.6m loss last year.The grim forecast from the club's accountants, KPMG LLP, came despite Liverpool posting a record turnover of £159.1m for the year ending July 2008 and a profit of £10.2m, and relates to the co-owners'
Reds owners make heavy loss
Liverpool's parent company owned by Tom Hicks and George Gillett suffered a £42.6million loss last year.
Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks suffer massive losses
• Club may struggle to compete in the transfer market• Profits being swallowed by massive interest paymentsLiverpool's American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, suffered a £42.6m loss last year mainly due to interest payments on the debts they took on to buy the club in 2007. In the annual accounts released tonight, Liverpool's accountants warned that remaining uncertainty over refinancing the £350m debt before the 24 July deadline "may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern".Although Hicks and Gillett say they are con
Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks suffer huge £42.6m losses
• Club may struggle to compete in the transfer market• Profits being swallowed by massive interest paymentsLiverpool's American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, suffered a £42.6m loss last year mainly due to interest payments on the debts they took on to buy the club in 2007. In the annual accounts released tonight, Liverpool's accountants warned that remaining uncertainty over refinancing the £350m debt before the 24 July deadline "may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern".Although Hicks and Gillett say they are con
Revealed: How Liverpool FC owners' saddled club with £359m debt and £41m annual loss
THE full scale of the debt Liverpool FC’s American owners have saddled the club with can today be revealed.
Liverpool owners are back in business
Investment banker Keith Harris believes Liverpool owners likely to refinance £350m loan from RBS and Wachovia banks before July deadline.
EXCLUSIVE: I hate foreign owners, too many overseas players and Beckham's holiday in Italy - but I'm not anti-English, insists UEFA president Platini
MIchel Platini could be handing Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United side another Champions League winners’ medal in just over a fortnight in Rome. But English football will not be happy to see what else he plans to deliver.
Liverpool owners deny talks over Indian investment
Sources close to Tom Hicks insist Liverpool not in discussions with Indian billionaire Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao's GMR group.
MPs: Club owners should pass test
MPs have called for changes to football rules to prevent the likes of Manchester United's owners saddling clubs with massive debts. The all-party Parliamentary Football Group believes takeovers such as the Glazers' - and including Tom Hicks' and George Gillett's at Liverpool - can pose a threat to a club's future.
Kevin McCarra: billionaire owners will never be able to buy success to order
Money goes only so far as there is always an intangible element in the creation of an unforgettable teamThe intrigue of the Champions League does not lie in exhibitionistic display of all that money can buy. Perfection cannot have been bought from any catalogue. Some absurdly gifted footballers will be on show in the quarter-finals that start tonight, but the tournament may be enthralling for its proof that the risk of embarrassment and failure cannot always be kept at bay.At the weekend Bayern Munich were beaten 5-1 by Wolfsburg and slithered to fourth place in the Bundesliga. The losers are
Liverpool boss Benitez reveals that Anfield owners almost forced him out
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has revealed he almost quit Anfield before signing a new five-year deal last month due to concerns over how the club was being run.
Liverpool boss Benitez: Anfield Owners almost forced me out
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has revealed he almost quit Anfield before signing a new five-year deal last month due to concerns over how the club was being run by its American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
Conflicting Reports With Regard To George Gillett's Ownership Of Liverpool
Depending on the source, it is claimed that the American is either set to cut all ties with the Reds or increase his investment in the Merseyside outfit...by Ricky Brooks
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