Hicks tried to hire Klinsman
By Mighty Reds
January 14 2008
Tom Hicks has come out and admitted that he and his fellow owner of Liverpool, George Gillet, have now admitted that they had talks with Jurgen Klinsman with a view to becoming manager should they have to replace Rafa Benitez. If Mr Hicks believes this statement has endeared them to Reds fans or lessened the disillusionment the fans feel, he is sadly mistaken. He said:
"In November, when it appeared we were in danger of not advancing in the Champions League, weren't playing well in our Premier League matches, and Rafa and we were having communication issues over the January transfer window, George and I met with Jurgen Klinsmann to learn as much as we could about English and European football,"
"He is a very impressive man. We attempted to negotiate an option, as an insurance policy, to have him become our manager in the event Rafa decided to leave our club for Real Madrid or other clubs that were rumoured in the UK press, or in case our communication spiralled out of control for some reason.
"After George and I had our long and productive meeting with Rafa following the Man United match, we put all of our issues behind us and received Rafa's commitment that he wanted to stay with Liverpool.
"We never reached agreement on an option with Jurgen, and we are both pleased for him that he has a great opportunity to return to Germany and coach a great club team.
"Rafa has both of our support, and our communication has greatly improved.
"Foster, Rick Parry and Rafa now have regular meetings at Melwood on Monday mornings.
"The two families always try to have a telephonic meeting on Monday afternoons, so we all are on the same page. We all want to win more games."
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
All they are achieving with their public comments re Klinnsman is undermining the manager which could affect the team.
Moores has got a lot to answer for.
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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“Liverpool Football club exists not to make money, it exists to win trophies and be a source of pride for its supporters. It serves no other purpose.”. Bill Shankly
before doing any behined closed door deals as this sort of thing should not go on at our club. As there relevaty new in this game.
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Dixon your way off the mark with David Moores he sweated blood to hand the club over to the right people ,he must be physically sick at the way the Americans are behaving
He also got an extra few million by going with Waldorf and Stadtler instead of DIC didnt he?
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
DIC had to make a concrete offer by a certain date, and if they didn't then the club was open to offers, of which, David Moores was bound by law to inform the rest of the board. The Yanks made an offer and before the board either accepted or rejected it DIC walked away in a huff, leaving the Yanks as the only buyers.
David Moores is devastated by all that's happened since.
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“Liverpool Football club exists not to make money, it exists to win trophies and be a source of pride for its supporters. It serves no other purpose.”. Bill Shankly