{"id":528,"date":"2010-09-17T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/09\/17\/liverpool-board-to-block-hicks-evil-plans\/"},"modified":"2010-09-17T21:18:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T20:18:00","slug":"liverpool-board-to-block-hicks-evil-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/09\/liverpool-board-to-block-hicks-evil-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVERPOOL BOARD TO BLOCK HICKS EVIL PLANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_WQwRwKiw0X4\/TJPI8k3vdSI\/AAAAAAAAA5Y\/PTdoNGn8R5g\/s1600\/hicks_229285gm-a.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"179\" qx=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/hicks_229285gm-a.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As hated owner Tom Hicks&nbsp;attempts one final throw of the dice to hang onto Liverpool Football Club.<br \/>The Anfield boardroom of Broughton, Poulson and Ayre are determined to block any move that Hicks may make.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks, the most hated man in Liverpool FC&#8217;s&nbsp;history, is talking to other banks about refinancing the debt of \u00a3250 million to RBS.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, he needs to offer some collateral, a bargaining chip. Hicks is plannnig to mortgage Liverpool Football Club itself in a desperate attempt to gain a last-ditch new loan so he can &#8216;own&#8217; the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, the&nbsp;above-mentioned members of the board are refusing to allow this to happen.<br \/>They have sought legal advice and have been assured by the lawyers that they are within their rights to block any move by Hicks to refinance again by using; The Club, Anfield and the Academy as&nbsp;security on an new loan.<br \/>Let us pray that this fiendish man does not get his wicked way, that the board block his moves and that RBS sell to the best bidder on Oct 6th.<br \/>By the bye, Jamie Rednapp has really gone downhill in my estimation by slagging of Fernando Torres last week, he is just returning from International duty after an injury-hit summer and is not, simply not entititled to be called &#8216;diabolical&#8217; by an injury-prone idiot like Rednapp-junior, Jamie Redpratt!<br \/>I see the Telegraph has stolen my thunder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As hated owner Tom Hicks&nbsp;attempts one final throw of the dice to hang onto Liverpool Football Club.The Anfield boardroom of Broughton, Poulson and Ayre are determined to block any move that Hicks may make. 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