Source: Team_Talk
Bid team give thumbs up to Reds takeover
England bid chiefs claim that a takeover of Liverpool would strengthen the country's chances of winning the contest to host the 2018 World Cup.[LNB] Liverpool is one of the bid's host candidate cities based on the Reds building a new stadium or redeveloping Anfield.[LNB]The £300m takeover of Liverpool by New England Sports Ventures - owners of the Boston Red Sox - will be decided in the High Court after a legal challenge against the deal by current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.[LNB]England 2018 said in a statement: "These latest developments would appear to bring greater stability at the club closer and therefore a greater certainty regarding either an expanded Anfield or a new stadium.[LNB]"That can only be positive for the England bid. Anfield is one of the iconic stadiums of world football and a planned new stadium would retain that aura but increase the capacity considerably in a fantastic state-of-the-art design.[LNB]"Alongside our other stadiums that can only strengthen our technical bid which is one of the major foundations of our campaign."[LNB]
