HICKS WOOS TEN MONEYMEN

LEGENDS: Dalglish and Rush with potential investor

By Chris Bascombe, 31/10/2009

LIVERPOOL rolled out the red carpet to TEN potential investment groups at last week's Anfield clash with Manchester United.

Co-owner Tom Hicks evidently was not just in England to watch the football.

He held talks with GE Capital in London as Liverpool pursue the finance to start work on their new stadium.

GE's Europe President Charles Alexander is understood to be a Liverpool fan and has shown tentative interest in the Merseyside club in the past.

Hicks also hosted guests in the Directors' box as the club showcased its assets during the 2-0 win over the Champions.

Among those invited were former Kuwaiti foreign minister Mohammed Jassem Al Saqr, who was pictured with Hicks, plus Hicks' Middle East 'expert' Roy Baker, and Kop legends Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush. Hicks courted interest from Kuwait last season when Nasser Al Kharafi was in talks to buy a stake in the club.

Club sources insist the invitations and discussions last weekend were no more than preliminary as part of an ongoing process.

Accountants of both Hicks and co-owner George Gillett have been trying to raise £100million by selling a 25 per cent stake in the club, with the Middle East their prime target.

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Surely the BLAME for Liverpool's problems lay at the feet of Mr Parry. After all he was the one went for the American's and not the cash rich Arabs. Come on Gillet and Hicks sell up make some maoney and move on.

By steve. Posted November 1 2009 at 1:05 PM.

Hicks and co are destroying our once proud club and as americans they do not have a clue about The english football traditions and their way of doing business shows just that . They Humilate Liverpool fc with their behind the scenes squabbles and Interfereing! I do not see our club going forwards till these two leave.

By colin. Posted November 1 2009 at 8:16 AM.

The greed of Hicks and Gillett aint guna get them very far if the poor season continues they will struggle even more lets just hope the likes of Gerrard and Torres aint sold to ballance the books

By mike. Posted November 1 2009 at 12:47 AM.

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