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    Hicks says the new stadium will attract global interest in naming rights and help the Reds in their rivalry with Manchester United, which beat them to the Premier League title by four points last year to match their record haul of 18 English championships. "We think that the stadium is one of the biggest opportunities for Liverpool to be truly one of the top clubs in the world ... Liverpool was a famous club around many parts of the world before Manchester United became strong in the last 20 years, and that's a heritage we want to build on and try to get to be as strong as possible. The club's in the best shape in many, many years." "(Manager) Rafa (Benitez) has put together an outstanding group of players over the last two or three years. Full Article at Sports Illustrated
    We think that the stadium is one of the biggest opportunities for Liverpool to be truly one of the top clubs in the world ... Liverpool was a famous club around many parts of the world before Manchester United became strong in the last 20 years, and that's a heritage we want to build on and try to get to be as strong as possible. The club's in the best shape in many, many years.
    – Tom Hicks SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 2 months ago
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New stadium will be completed, says Liverpool co-owner
  1. We have spent a lot of money and we have a fully designed stadium ... We have every permit in place, all the city councils' approvals, the judicial reviews on a national basis -- everything is done. That's a great asset to have just to wait for the markets to open up and be able to do anything. Certainl...
    – Tom Hicks SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 2 months ago
  2. When we get to the point where the global market settles down and we bring pieces together to finance the stadium (then we can again start building) ... It's certainly not anything we have changed our mind on. I don't know about the dates because of the global financial markets, but I know the markets w...
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 2 months ago

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