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...Liverpool. "[They] are not just businesses but much more important cultural and social assets for individual places ... This isn't the way these grand institutions should be traded." But with Liverpool among the Premier League's foreign-owned teams - Tom Hicks, owner of baseball's Texas Rangers, and George Gillett, owner of the Montreal Canadians hockey franchise, snapped up the club in February 2007 - Taylor's trying to bring the merry-go-round to a halt. His message to the team's fans: "If [they] care enough about that, there's something they can do about...
...that. A public spat with Rafael Benitez, Liverpool's Spanish team manager and a favorite among supporters, has done nothing for the American owners' own fan base in the city. Uncertainty over the club's ownership - Dubai International Capital, which offered $300 million for the club before Hicks and Gillett swooped with a better offer, was reportedly preparing a fresh bid just last month - hasn't helped, either. The result: three quarters of fans polled by the Liverpool Supporters' Network in January said they'd consider cutting back on spending on club tickets and merchandising so long...
...Liverpool on the fourth kick, an honor richly deserved given that the Dutchman had practically worn a path in the pitch with hit relentless running, either on attack or in harassing Chelsea's back line. Kuyt finished the night by splashing champagne on new Liverpool co-owner George Gillett, better known to Americans as the owner of the Montreal Canadiens, who was delighted by the bath...
...ages. Reliving the spectacle at 35,000 feet, Hicks was entitled to think that he had even more invested in it. Hours earlier, the owner of the Dallas Stars ice hockey team and baseball's Texas Rangers had agreed to buy Liverpool for $430 million with his partner, George Gillett, the money behind the Montreal Canadiens hockey franchise. The two Americans beat out Dubai International Capital, which had offered $300 million for the club. The takeover is now complete, and Hicks and Gillett are set to move to the next stage of the deal - building a brand-new arena...
This time around Gillett is taking precautions, separating his various ventures so that a mishap in one can't pull down the others. Running ski resorts has become a family affair, with Gillett drawing on the active participation of his wife Rose and their four sons, ages 22 to 27. Still, he confides his weakness for sometimes moving too fast and buying too much. "I've lived my dreams, but then I blow them up." How comforting that must be to his bond holders...