By Nick Harris 12 October 2010 A ruling on whether Martin Broughton and his “independent” Liverpool board colleagues were entitled to agree a sale of the club last week to New England Sports Ventures is expected tomorrow by Mr Justice Floyd following a day of High Court twists and turns in London. A blow-by-blow account […]

By Alexandra Willis 12 October 2010 Rafael Nadal has poured cold water over the suggestion that he is nigh on certain of becoming the first man since Rod Laver to complete the calendar Grand Slam. Speaking at a press conference during the ATP World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000,  the world No.1 reminded members of […]

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 […]

By Pete Wilson 10 October 2010 All 20 managers in the Premier League have delivered messages backing England’s bid to stage to the 2018 World Cup ahead of the forthcoming visit by Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter to No10 Downing Street to meet Prime Minister David Cameron. The 20 managers comprise five Englishmen, four Scots, three […]

By  Nick Harris 8 October 2010 Manchester United made a record operating profit of £100.8m in 2009-10 but today posted overall losses of £83.64m (£79.63m loss on ordinary activities before taxation). The balance sheet is below. The turning of impressive profits into losses that will rattle many United fans can be explained through interest payments […]

By Brian Sears 8 October 2010 The international break highlights the multinational nature of the Premier League, with players from every continent bar Antarctica now playing in England’s elite division. There are hundreds of them, most of them full internationals. (Scroll down for table). Sportingintelligence research of league games played so far in the 2010-11 […]