Here Comes the Us Cavalry ; Deborah James Looks at the Lengthy Pursuit Which Finally Paid Off for the American Team

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IT REPRESENTS a turnaround of epic proportions. Just weeks ago, Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry was avoiding calls from US millionaire George Gillett, happy that the club's future lay with Sheikh Mohammed's Dubai Investment Capital.

Yesterday Gillett - and billionaire partner Tom Hicks -were at Anfield as the new owners of Britain's most successful football club.

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Here Comes the Us Cavalry ; Deborah James Looks at the Lengthy Pursuit Which Finally Paid Off for the American Team

Gillett had begun his pursuit of Liverpool last August when he secretly attended Cardiff's Community Shield game. By October, his name was being linked with LFC.

But it all seemed likely to come to nothing when he was pipped to preferred bidder status by the investment arm of t...

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