Liverpool excited by possible link to Patriots
By Oliver Kay - Times Online
February 09, 2005
MYSTERY surrounds the future ownership of Liverpool after Rick Parry, the chief executive, insisted yesterday that the club are still exploring the “exciting proposal” that was made before the annual meeting in December.
The proposal that Parry mentioned in December is understood to have come, via the self-styled L4 Group, from the billionaire Kraft family, owners of the New England Patriots American football franchise, which won its third Super Bowl in four years on Sunday. It is understood that the Kraft family have since withdrawn their interest, but Parry said that the investors to whom he referred are still in the picture.
“The new interest appeared just prior to the AGM and it was of such potential magnitude, and that potential is so exciting, that we felt we had to evaluate it,” Parry said. “We are still evaluating it and still pursuing that. It hasn’t come to fruition yet, but if it comes off, it will be very exciting.”
Parry also said that the potential investors have “degrees of expertise and experience in building stadia”, perhaps a reference to the Krafts’ role in the Patriots’ move to the stunning 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium, but City sources maintain that the family are no longer interested in Liverpool.
Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, is considering another Spanish import, having sent his scouts to monitor Juanito, the Málaga defender, recently.
Lee Hendrie, the Aston Villa midfield player, has signed a two-year extension to his contract, which will end in 2007.
David Dein, the Arsenal vice-chairman, has called for Fifa and Uefa to bring in worldwide regulations to control players’ agents. “It was agreed that a working party be set up to look at the rules governing agents,” Dein said. “I believe some agents should be included on the working party.”
February 09, 2005
MYSTERY surrounds the future ownership of Liverpool after Rick Parry, the chief executive, insisted yesterday that the club are still exploring the “exciting proposal” that was made before the annual meeting in December.
The proposal that Parry mentioned in December is understood to have come, via the self-styled L4 Group, from the billionaire Kraft family, owners of the New England Patriots American football franchise, which won its third Super Bowl in four years on Sunday. It is understood that the Kraft family have since withdrawn their interest, but Parry said that the investors to whom he referred are still in the picture.
“The new interest appeared just prior to the AGM and it was of such potential magnitude, and that potential is so exciting, that we felt we had to evaluate it,” Parry said. “We are still evaluating it and still pursuing that. It hasn’t come to fruition yet, but if it comes off, it will be very exciting.”
Parry also said that the potential investors have “degrees of expertise and experience in building stadia”, perhaps a reference to the Krafts’ role in the Patriots’ move to the stunning 68,000-seat Gillette Stadium, but City sources maintain that the family are no longer interested in Liverpool.
Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, is considering another Spanish import, having sent his scouts to monitor Juanito, the Málaga defender, recently.
Lee Hendrie, the Aston Villa midfield player, has signed a two-year extension to his contract, which will end in 2007.
David Dein, the Arsenal vice-chairman, has called for Fifa and Uefa to bring in worldwide regulations to control players’ agents. “It was agreed that a working party be set up to look at the rules governing agents,” Dein said. “I believe some agents should be included on the working party.”
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