Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks has promised the club
will spend in the summer, reassuring a fan their financial
situation is better than is portrayed in the
media.
A day after his son was forced to resign as a club director
after inviting one fan who e-mailed him to 'Blow me, f**kface,'
Hicks Sr responded to another e-mail enquiry rather more
politely.
According to The Times, Hicks wrote in response to a
fan concerned about the financial state of the club: "Our debt is
very manageable (see Man U) and we never use player sales for debt
service. Our interest on £200million is about £16million. The new
stadium will be the game-changer.
"January is a poor quality market. The summer window will be
big.
"We are working hard on the new stadium. We have an excellent
management team and manager. We know we need more depth on the
squad and will address it this summer. We hope to have a stronger
second half of the season."
Hicks' e-mail comes in the wake of reports Reds boss Rafa
Benitez would be given limited funds in the January transfer
window, and any more money raised through the sales of players
would instead be saved for the summer.
Liverpool have already received around £6million from the sales
of Andriy Voronin to Dinamo Moscow and Andrea Dossena to
Napoli.