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...debunk the maxim that success can't be bought, following its acquisition by ?migr? Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who has added close to $200 million to the team's war-chest for buying as many of the world's best players as they can find. And the fans of Liverpool F.C., whose status as a local icon may be even greater than that of the Beatles, are facing the uncomfortable reality that the club may soon be partly owned by a consortium organized by the prime minister of Thailand...
Born in 1919, he was educated at the University of Liverpool and also served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during World War II. Kermode was knighted in 1991 and is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. Today, he Kermode will receive a Doctor of Letters degree...
Thailand's government came one step closer to owning part of English Premier League football team Liverpool last week, with an agreement to buy 30% of the club for $106 million now looking "more than 90%" likely, according to a Thai negotiator. Stalwarts may grumble about the incursion of foreigners (like Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right), but the Liverpool deal would be just the latest indication of how valuable Asia has become to the finances of football...
...popular opposition in Liverpool to the attempt by Thaksin to buy part of the club suggests this tolerance of globalization has its limits. I very much doubt that those who don't want Thaksin's money care two hoots about his political record or the fact that he seems willing to invest Thai public funds in the club. What counts is that there is a local alternative on the table, from a lifelong fan who worked his way up from bricklayer to construction magnate. When they have a choice, it turns out, people will sometimes reject those associated with...
...care who owns Liverpool. But ye gods, we need another creative midfielder, quick...