Football

By Nick Harris 14 October 2010 Peter Lim, would-be buyer of Liverpool, says Liverpool’s board and RBS bank have “chosen not to respond or to discuss” his offer for the club, and as such “I am not able to proceed with my intention to acquire the club.” If circumstances change, he says his interest remains, […]

By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who lost their legal action today in London to stop the sale of Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures, have now taken legal action in Texas to attempt to block the sale. Accusing Liverpool’s “independent” board members (ie: the three English members), as well […]

By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 America has finally woken up to the power of football, and that’s the reason for the global expansion of sporting tycoons’ interests. So says Professor Chris Brady, the dean of the BPP Business School in London, an expert in sports business who has spent years studying the major American […]

By Pete Wilson 13 October 2010 Liverpool’s chairman Martin Broughton gave an interview after emerging from Court 18 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London this morning following the ruling in the RBS v Hicks & others case. He said he was “delighted” and said the board will now seek legal advice on whether […]

By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 The ownership battle for control of Liverpool is at an end after Mr Justice Floyd ruled in the High Court this morning that the board led by Martin Broughton was within its rights to sell the club last week. Tom Hicks and George Gillett were denied an immediate right […]

By Nick Harris 12 October 2010 Peter Lim, would-be buyer of Liverpool (profile here), has just had the statement below released on his behalf. This does not mean Lim can automatically gazump the NESV bid to buy Liverpool. It does give Liverpool options if the court case(s) go against RBS / Liverpool. . STATEMENT STARTS […]

By Nick Harris 11 October 2010 The search for the identity of the Asian bidder who pushed New England Sports Ventures close in the race to seal a deal to buy Liverpool ended with Robert Peston’s report on the BBC earlier today. Peston’s scoop named him as Peter Lim, a Singapore businessman with a fortune […]

By Nick Harris 11 October 2010 RBS bank has just released the following statement in relation to the situation at Liverpool and the bank’s High Court action tomorrow against Tom Hicks “and others”. It reveals there is already an interim injunction in place against Hicks and George Gillett, preventing them removing Martin Broughton or other […]

By Nick Harris 11 October 2010 A High Court hearing scheduled for tomorrow that could shape the future ownership of Liverpool pits RBS bank against Tom Hicks “and others”, and is NOT Liverpool’s legal action Hicks and George Gillett, which could yet happen separately, sportingintelligence has learned. The case of ‘Royal Bank of Scotland v […]

By Nick Harris 10 October 2010 Liverpool’s managing director Christian Purslow said today he is “not even contemplating administration and nobody should be”, speaking in response to reports that New England Sports Ventures would pull out of buying the club if the club were hit with a nine-point penalty. He says he hasn’t even discussed […]