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''Chairman Martin Broughton had been keen to have progress to report to fans by the Arsenal match on Sunday. It appears that the process is advancing slower than he had first hoped for, but with three days until kick off it is still possible there could be an announcement.'' http://www.liverpool...00252-27047069/

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2010/08/12/liverpool-fc-board-hopes-for-key-meeting-to-discuss-sale-100252-27047069/

WBA still chasing Ngog http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6305766,00.html Liverpool hold key to future of Brad Jones http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/boro-fc/boro-fc-news/2010/08/11/liverpool-hold-key-to-future-of-brad-jones-84229-27040460/

That was obviously a piss-take article from Rory Smith, in case you have failed to notice ...

Kop to pip Arsenal to another midfielder http://www.mirrorfoo...icle546731.html Liverpool aim to bring Tottenham striker Peter Crouch back to Anfield http://www.telegraph...to-Anfield.html

Liverpool FC vs FK Rabotnicki Highlights ... Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/411310068/100805_fkr_h_el_high_hlights.part1.rar.html Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/411308721/100805_fkr_h_el_high_hlights.part2.rar.html

China's CIC denies interest in Liverpool FC By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and Justine Lau in Hong Kong Published: August 5 2010 14:21 Chinese fans may lament the low calibre of their domestic men's football teams, but that does not mean the Chinese government would consider buying debt-laden Liverpool Football Club. A spokesperson for China Investment Corp, the country's main sovereign wealth fund, told the Financial Times on Thursday they had never heard of a plan to buy Liverpool or of Kenneth Huang, the man widely reported to be fronting a Chinese bid to buy the English Premier League club. UK media have reported that Mr Huang, owner of a small sports marketing company with an office in Beijing, is bidding for the club with backing from CIC. But Mr Huang himself issued a statement on Wednesday night saying that although he has registered interest in investing in Liverpool, he has not made a formal bid. "There has been much speculation and commentary from a wide array of people, many of whom have little knowledge of the facts," Mr Huang said. A person who has worked closely with CIC said there was "no way" the fund would get involved in such a high-profile, symbolic and potentially risky deal. "Next they'll say CIC is going to buy Playboy," this person said. A person close to Mr Huang told the Financial Times on Monday that his bid was backed by a "sovereign wealth fund from the Far East" but declined to name the fund. There had been no suggestion internally at Liverpool that CIC was involved in Mr Huang's bid, another person close to the situation said. Portrayed in the UK press as a Chinese billionaire tycoon, Mr Huang runs QSL Sports Limited, a sports marketing company that is trying to develop a new basketball league in China and promote Little League (youth) baseball in a country where most people know nothing about the sport. QSL's website says the company is based out of Hong Kong and located at a prestigious address. However, when the Financial Times visited the office there was no sign of QSL and the management company of the building said no company by that name rented an office there. A person who answered the phone at QSL in Hong Kong at first said the company was still at the address listed on the website, but when told that the management company of the building had denied this, then said the company had moved and its new address was a secret. At QSL's small office in central Beijing, company employees were still unpacking boxes having recently moved from a much smaller office. A staff member said the company employed around 15 people in Beijing but he had not heard about a plan to buy Liverpool FC. After repeated questions to Mr Huang's spokeswoman, the office addresses were removed from QSL's website on Thursday afternoon. An official biography of Mr Huang says he is an investor in a Chinese basketball team and in 1988 became the first Chinese college graduate from mainland China to work at the New York Stock Exchange, where he "started his career in public relations". He also founded an investment company called Rocket Capital with Leslie Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, and has made a number of investments in Chinese companies. Mr Huang's spokeswoman could not confirm whether he was still involved with Rocket Capital. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5db97946-a084-11df-a669-00144feabdc0.html

Nolan Ryan group wins auction for Tx Rangers ''According to the team’s bankruptcy plan, creditors will only get about $75 million from the team, no matter who ends up buying it. But the judge has said lenders, who are owed about $525 million after team owner Tom Hicks’ financially strapped ownership group defaulted on loans, can go after Hicks’ other companies.'' http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-rangerssale

Tranmere vs Liverpool XI Highlights http://www.seed-share.com/9tzvzvt1ghne

''Insua's move from Liverpool to Fiorentina falls through'' http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8882728.stm

Introducing Jesus Fernandez Suso ... http://www.footylounge.com/films//milankakabaros/introducing-fernandez-suso-video_e2c0b7e67.html

I suppose people will find this interesting ... http://www.swfinstitute.org/fund-rankings/

Torres interview at LFCTV ... http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/eseason/News-and-Interviews/10-11/Im-at-the-bes-19959.php3

http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-ultimora/items/emozioni-e-trattative-viola-nel-mugello.html

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/14-great-melwood-photos

The only problem is, the Board of the Liverpool Football Club & Athletic Grounds Ltd is not making the decision on the sale of the club ... The decision will be made by the Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd, the actual owners of the club ...

Well, Gillett & Hicks each own 50% of Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd, and that is the company that would be selling Liverpool FC ... So far, I have not seen any reliable info on the members of the Board of Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd ... If someone actually has this info, feel free to post it, so we can avoid all the confusion ...

And this is the ownership structure of Liverpool FC ... Kop Investment LLC - headquartered in Dallas, but registered in Delaware for tax reasons, this is the ultimate holding company and is jointly owned by George Gillett and Tom Hicks ... owns Kop Football (Cayman) Ltd - about which little is known, other than that it has loaned money its subsidiaries: this may be equity from G&H ... owns Kop Football (Holdings) Ltd (6032200)(KFHL) - is the UK parent company and has filed consolidated accounts derived from its two subsidiaries ... owns Kop Football Ltd (6032198)(KFL) - would appear to be the company that was used for the actual purchase of LFC and is effectively a only a holding company which does not otherwise trade ... owns Liverpool Football Club & Athletic Grounds Ltd (35668)(LFC) - is what we would think of as "Liverpool FC": this is the original company sold by David Moores to G&H and which is now owned by them through a series of holding companies as above ...

By the way, in order to avoid any confusion about the members of the club's Board ... http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/corporate/directors

People like to believe that CIC (China Investment Corporation) are the financial backers of Huang ... So far, I have not seen a single proof that this is the case ...

Well, Macedonia is a small country, but not that small ... I had a chance of meeting him 4 years ago, in his home town of Strumica ... He seemed like a very decent and humble kid, even though he was already famous at the time ...

Actually, I had the chance of working for the Chinese economic attache here at their embassy in Skopje, as they were having some serious investment (a huge power plant) in Macedonia, and they needed some research ... Even though I was prepared for it, I was surprised by the level of their professionalism and discretion ...

That is exactly what I am worried about ... This Kenny Huang character is certainly good at self-promoting, and to be honest, this doesn't seems to me like the way Chinese are doing their serious business ... Usually, they like to keep things quiet until the deal is done ...

Sorry to say this, but this whole situation stinks of a well executed PR stunt ... Just too many (conflicting) leaked information for such a serious business deal ... Of course, I would like for it to be true but, in my humble opinion, the chances of this whole deal being legitimate are very slim ... I hope I am wrong ...

Liverpool FC poised to step up chase for Juventus' Christian Poulsen Aug 3 2010 by Dominic King, Liverpool Echo LIVERPOOL are poised to step up their attempts to land Juventus midfielder Christian Poulsen. Though the Reds are awaiting the next move from Inter Milan in their pursuit of Javier Mascherano, they pressing on with plans for life without the Argentinean. Once Inter strike a deal with Manchester City for the sale of Mario Balotelli, they will be better placed to push through their bid to take Mascherano to the San Siro. The Reds are looking at a number of options to replace Mascherano and Poulsen, the Denmark international, and Standard Liege's Steven Defour head Roy Hodgson's list. But it is looking more likely that Poulsen – a player who is well known to Hodgson – is the frontrunner after sources in Denmark revealed further discussions have taken place between the Reds and Juve. Poulsen's adviser Joern Bonnesen has not spoken with Liverpool directly – nor has Poulsen – but it understood he could end up at Anfield for a fee in the region of 6million euros. Bonnesen has also let it be known that his client would love to work with Hodgson – who was his former manager at FC Copenhagen – again if the opportunity arose. Hodgson, meanwhile, was today preparing Liverpool's squad for the clash with FC Rabotnicki on Thursday night in the Europa League, the final game before the Premier League gets underway. He met with star striker Fernando Torres yesterday, after the Spaniard returned to training following his summer break and discussed his plans for the future. Torres will not be involved on Thursday – nor will Dirk Kuyt or Pepe Reina – and Hodgson is debating whether to make big changes to the side that lost 1-0 against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday. Hodgson is considering playing Sotirios Kygiakos and Martin Skrtel in the centre of Liverpool's defence but he says that is not a reflection on Daniel Ayala, who was at fault for the goal Borussia scored. "At this very high level, you are judged on mistakes and if you make glaring ones then I am afraid you are going to be judged very harshly," he said. "But I must say that after the mistake for the goal – and there is absolutely no disputing he was at fault – Ayala went on to be our best player. "I think that shows a lot of character in the boy; after 10 minutes, making a mistake that puts the team 1-0 down, most players would crumble and get going again. But not only did he get himself going, I thought he was a pillar in our defence; I take my hat off to him. He didn't let it bother him and gave a very good performance." While Ayala looks certain to play a role in Liverpool's long-term future, the same cannot be said of Philipp Degen. Having been informed by Hodgson last month that he was surplus to requirements, the Switzerland international has thrashed out a season-long loan deal with VFB Stuttgart. http://www.liverpool...00252-26983682/