Monday, June 22, 2009

GILLETTE JR SELLS HIS 80% SHARE IN THE MONTREAL CANADEINS.

It is reported that the co owner of the Liverpool club George Gillette Jr had to sell his stake in the N.H.L. team The Montreal Canadeins ,, as he owned 80 percent of the club, the other 20 percent was owned by the Molson brothers , who had a brewery buisness .
The main reason was as they were running short of funds , and they had taken a big loan from the R.S.B and had to return the money.
Now there is talk that both Xavi Alanso the Spaniard and Javier Mascherano , are up fpr sale ,to generate funds, Mascherano agent is in Spain and is having talks with Barcelona , and Real Madrid may want Alonso.
Gillette has not declared the amount he has sold The N.H.L. club for , but there was a report that he has made a neat profit of 178 million pounds.
Now that he has funds Rafael Benitz can buy players, and keep the fans with the club, they were getting angry and had a plan to buy the shares from the two American owners.

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