[han2503]

Villa to Liverpool? Now that would be a big waste. He deserves much better IMO.

Well if Liverpool get that new sugar daddy like it has been reported, then I would expect them to even over shadow Chelsea with the spending

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[Portman]

Villa to Liverpool? Now that would be a big waste. He deserves much better IMO.

Much better than the best club in England (titles, history, fans, etc)? And now with the 5th richest man under control of the club?

OK... so we've a lot of choices... hum... let's see OH! I know! 2 clubs: us and Real Madrid. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[X-Offender]

Much better than the best club in England (titles, history, fans, etc)? And now with the 5th richest man under control of the club?

OK... so we've a lot of choices... hum... let's see OH! I know! 2 clubs: us and Real Madrid.  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Liverpool have been sh!t in the last 10 years. The only trophy he might be able to win there will be the English Supercup. I'm talking about clubs like Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Real, Manchester or even Chelsea.

[Portman]

Liverpool have been sh!t in the last 10 years. The only trophy he might be able to win there will be the English Supercup. I'm talking about clubs like Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Real, Manchester or even Chelsea.

You can't deny their history. Liverpool is a huge club. Only ManUtd can be compared to them in England, even though the "Red Devils" are not as big as the Merseyside "Reds".

Barcelona is not a big club. They've a big/good team at the moment. Nothing more. Same for Chelsea.

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[Rossoneri7]

You can't deny their history. Liverpool is a huge club. Only ManUtd can be compared to them in England, even though the "Red Devils" are not as big as the Merseyside "Reds".

Barcelona is not a big club. They've a big/good team at the moment. Nothing more. Same for Chelsea.

Yes I agree ..

Liverpool is a BIG club .. Domestically ONLY Man U can compete w/ the # of titles Liverpool have. In Europe they are third, but only to Real Madrid and Milan. Liverpool are a VERY big club .. W/ the financial backing of Dubai holdings (DIC), Liverpool can be great again. So realistically speaking, they will be undoubtbly be the #1 team in England and will be the team to fear in Europe too.

They are the most successful club in the history of English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups. In Europe they have also kept a VERY challenging record of trophies five European Cups and three UEFA Cups.

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ... But even w/ all of this, still, Istanbul was ours !! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[Portman]

W/ the financial backing of Dubai holdings (DIC), 

As you're from Kuwait, what can you tell me/us about Dubai (as city) and that famous Sheik Al Maktoum.

You probably know them better than us. Tell us something.

[X-Offender]

You can't deny their history. Liverpool is a huge club. Only ManUtd can be compared to them in England, even though the "Red Devils" are not as big as the Merseyside "Reds".

Barcelona is not a big club. They've a big/good team at the moment. Nothing more. Same for Chelsea.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Liverpool are a big club, they have a very rich history. But like Ajax they're not big at the moment. Whoever chooses to go there won't have assured important trophies every 2-3 years like you have at Milan or Barcelona. I would compare them to teams like Roma, Valencia or Arsenal, who at the momet aren't capable of winning anything. But let's wait and see what this Al Maktoum guy is gonna do with them.

[han2503]

Yes I agree ..

Liverpool is a BIG club .. Domestically ONLY Man U can compete w/ the # of titles Liverpool have. In Europe they are third, but only to Real Madrid and Milan. Liverpool are a VERY big club .. W/ the financial backing of Dubai holdings (DIC), Liverpool can be great again. So realistically speaking, they will be undoubtbly be the #1 team in England and will be the team to fear in Europe too.

They are the most successful club in the history of English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups. In Europe they have also kept a VERY challenging record of trophies five European Cups and three UEFA Cups.

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ... But even w/ all of this, still, Istanbul was ours !! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Totally right. I choose to seperate the two things by saying One is a big TEAM the other is a big CLUB.

Chelsea for example are a big team not a big club, Milan and Real are big teams but are big clubs with a history to back that team up.

About Istanbul, I watched the game today again on Eurosport (like I mentioned in another thread) and I was watching it to find "closure" but it just made me mad instead, first Sheva's goal was disallowed when it was not offside, the run was perfectly timed by Sheva.

Then Smicer scored a goal when a second before the lines man was waving his flag like a crazy man on the touch-line but no one took any notice of it, so instead play continued and allowed the goal to be scored instead of play being stopped. THEN Gerrard made one pf the most ridiculous dives I have ever seen, (Rino NEVER touched him) and they get a penalty, now this dive I'm talking about would make C.Ronaldo shake his head in shame for the pure amteurness in the way it was acted out, but the point is they still got the penalty.

And THEN to top it all off, sheva made that double miss when the ball was on the line.

When people talk about that nigh they call it the greatest game of football they have ever seen but instead it was just a sham of a game that should have never even gone into injury time and the score should have been 4-1

[X-Offender]

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[han2503]

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It just makes you think, who does UEFA want to win the competition this season?

[Portman]

It just makes you think, who does UEFA want to win the competition this season?

FC Hype I guess, again. You know, Madrid have 9. They have just 2. UEFA think it's time to balance the things up on the most competitive league in Europe - La Liga.

[han2503]

FC Hype I guess, again. You know, Madrid have 9. They have just 2. UEFA think it's time to balance the things up on the most competitive league in Europe - La Liga.

I think it's between them and Chelsea.

They have already been hyping both teams up on their website, like they did last season with 'Hypelona FC' and you can just smell it coming from a mile away. (IMG:http://www.coolsmileys.net/gestures/disgust.gif)

[dst]

Only ManUtd can be compared to them in England...

You know the "Man U disease"!!? People forget anything that happened in football before the 90's... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Barcelona is not a big club.

I definitely don't agree... IMO it's not just trophies... just look at the players they've had!!

But like Ajax they're not big at the moment.

You can't compare them with Ajax in any case. No matter who buys Ajax (even if that is Abramovic+DIC combo!!) right now they can't build a great team cause simply Eridivisie is no EPL... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Liverpool play in the Premiership... remember!!?

If Chelsea was made into a big team I can't see why Liverpool won't be...

[Rossoneri7]

Dubai is an emirate/state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi (which is another emirate of the UAE) supply's the whole of the UAE's emirates with funding (oil $$), except for Dubai which depends on entrapreneurship and a chance for everyone willing to invest in it.

Dubai is basically run by one man, Shiekh Moh'd Al-Maktom. He has turned Dubai into a mecca for investments, through realestate, finances, and above all entropreneurship. He is a very intelligent man who has the ability to literally turn everything he touches into gold, (ofcourse not literally (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ).

He has made Dubai the capital of the middleeast in term's of the most attractive city in the region; their airlines Emirates, their Shopping Festivals (EVERYthing is dutyfree (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ), etc .. Basically Dubai promoted its self from nothing into the hot spot in the middleeast. It has a 7-star hotel, so I guess that is enough of a promotion for Dubai to tell you how BIG he turned Dubai.

The Emirates stadium anyone??

Emirates airlines had accumilated so much taxes in Britain that they decided to reinvest 40% approx. of the taxes into London .. Tax commision said that he could invest it in London; thus promoting their airlines and an audiance of the whole football world to Dubai.

In 2005, Dubai Ports had given a proposal to the US government to take care of several of the USA's busiest ports. Which congress later rejected.

I can say one thing; if not for Moh'd Al-Maktom, I'll bet u, you would have even noticed Dubai, on a map even (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ... I think he has done a splendid job, he has no dependency on oil what-so ever (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

DIC .. The company that is interested in aquiring Liverpool, owns a stake in some of the biggest corporations in modern America and the Far East. Which means it has assets to cover for anything a club like Liverpool could demand .. A new stadium ? A new team ? R10 in Liverpool ? Buffon .. Signing Buffon would be like a piece of cake (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) They are VERY big.

But all this, it is all under one man .. Sheikh Moh'd Al-Maktom.

[Portman]

Dubai is an emirate/state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi (which is another emirate of the UAE) supply's the whole of the UAE's emirates with funding (oil $$), except for Dubai which depends on entrapreneurship and a chance for everyone willing to invest in it.

Dubai is basically run by one man, Shiekh Moh'd Al-Maktom. He has turned Dubai into a mecca for investments, through realestate, finances, and above all entropreneurship. He is a very intelligent man who has the ability to literally turn everything he touches into gold, (ofcourse not literally (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ).

He has made Dubai the capital of the middleeast in term's of the most attractive city in the region; their airlines Emirates, their Shopping Festivals (EVERYthing is dutyfree (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ), etc .. Basically Dubai promoted its self from nothing into the hot spot in the middleeast. It has a 7-star hotel, so I guess that is enough of a promotion for Dubai to tell you how BIG he turned Dubai. 

The Emirates stadium anyone??

Emirates airlines had accumilated so much taxes in Britain that they decided to reinvest 40% approx. of the taxes into London .. Tax commision said that he could invest it in London; thus promoting their airlines and an audiance of the whole football world to Dubai.

In 2005, Dubai Ports had given a proposal to the US government to take care of several of the USA's busiest ports. Which congress later rejected.

I can say one thing; if not for Moh'd Al-Maktom, I'll bet u, you would have even noticed Dubai, on a map even (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ... I think he has done a splendid job, he has no dependency on oil what-so ever (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

DIC .. The company that is interested in aquiring Liverpool, owns a stake in some of the biggest corporations in modern America and the Far East. Which means it has assets to cover for anything a club like Liverpool could demand .. A new stadium ? A new team ? R10 in Liverpool ? Buffon .. Signing Buffon would be like a piece of cake (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)   They are VERY big.

But all this, it is all under one man .. Sheikh Moh'd Al-Maktom.

Wow. Thanks for the excelent info R7.
I guess every Liverpool fan will be praying for the deal LFC-DIC go trough which I read it's going to be annouced (officially) probably in the beginning of 2007.