Times Online – Dubai International Capital (DIC) would want to appoint a Liverpool supporter to the club’s board of directors if it won control at Anfield, The Times has learnt.
DIC, the private equity investment arm of the Dubai Government, has been in talks with Spirit of Shankly (SOS), the Liverpool supporters’ union, for more than a month about the feasibility of such an arrangement.
Despite Tom Hicks’s insistence that he will not sell his 50 per cent stake in Liverpool, DIC remains confident that it will be able to buy out the American co-owner and his estranged business partner, George Gillett Jr, who also holds a half-stake in the club.
Although talk of supporter representation on the board could be construed as an attempt to curry favour with fans opposed to the American co-owners, sources within DIC insist that it is not a PR stunt and that it is “committed” to the idea.
