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Originally Posted by Shooms  well... reportedly conspiring to replace ole Rafa back in November & now coming out & admiting it knowing that such an admission would only undermine yer mans position / confidence within the club... |
ok heres what i know ................ as reported back in november when results whern't going that well and we where in danger of being dumped out of the champions league our american owners gillette and hicks made contact with jurgen klinsmenn about whether or not he would be interested in becoming liverpool manager if the opportunity arose .....
a lot of this had to do with rafa benitez speaking candidly and openly about the differences of opinion regarding the transfer market in this country specifically about the javier masherano deal ( or lack of it ) .............
with regards to the stadium move , well i aint got a clue what is happening there and i dont think many people do ..................
if you want my personal opinion as to why this story has come out now ........
well i think someone in the national press had got wind of it so gillette and hicks decided give the liverpool echo the story .......
for those of you who may be interested and dont know , the cheif sports writer for the liverpool echo chris bascombe ( a self confessed liverpool fan)has recently sold his soul to the devil and now writes for the sunday sun and has broke "exclusives" about rafa in the rag recently , so my guess is gillette and hicks went through tony barrett (the sports writer now) to keep the story as true as possible ...........
it is well known through out the american community that getting an interview out of our owners is like getting blood from a stone and maybe this is the reason that some sneaky barsteward recorded them speaking at a ex players dinner recently and then gave quotes to the newspapers ..........
none of this situation sits comfortbly with me but the fact they have just santioned a club record sighning for a defender may go some way to quosh the speculation ......
hope that helps shooms
