Liverpool fans launch bid to oust American owners (AP)

Professor Rogan Taylor holds a press conference in Liverpool University's School of Management to launch his Share Liverpol FC idea in Liverpool England  Thursday Jan.  31, 2008.  Liverpool's American owners are facing a new takeover bid  from frustrated fans. The longshot member-share scheme, set to be launched Thursday, aims to raise an estimated US$1 billion to oust Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. and fund a new stadium.

Liverpool’s American owners are facing a new takeover bid — from frustrated fans. The longshot member-share scheme launched Thursday aims to raise about $995 million to oust Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. and fund a new stadium. UAE-based group Dubai International Capital recently failed in a renewed bid to purchase the Premier League club after losing out to Hicks and Gillett last March.


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