The past few weeks' developments at Anfield have been surreal. After defeating Arsenal in thrilling fashion in the Champions League quarter-final (Gallas weighs in), Liverpool should be on a high. Rafa has again demonstrated his remarkably successful touch in Europe's top club competition (with some help). Although Chelsea may have something to say about it, the Reds are on course for a third Champions League final in four seasons - and possibly a sixth European crown.

Yet before the euphoria of their achievement on the pitch had even begun to subside, owner Tom Hicks did not so much rain on their parade as precipitate a cloudburst by calling unilaterally for chief executive Rick Parry to resign, criticizing his record on the commercial front, saying he obstructed some big-money signings and now that he was the point man on Klinsmann talks. It seems that the real issue for Dallas millionaire Hicks is the fact that Parry has sided with Gillett in the great boardroom schism. [ article ]

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