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Carragher criticizes Hicks and Gillett

Published by MilanKakaBaros on September 11, 2008

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has criticized the handling of Liverpool FC by the owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Writing in Carra: My Autobiography, which is published today, Carragher claims: “For richer or poorer, we’d sold Liverpool to two ruthless businessmen who saw us as a moneymaking opportunity.”

“They didn’t buy Liverpool as an act of charity; they weren’t intent on throwing away all the millions they’d earned over 50 years … They wanted to buy us because the planned stadium offered a chance to generate tons of cash and increase the value of the club.”

Loading much of their debt on to the club to the tune of £30m in annual interest repayments, despite initial promises to the contrary, triggered the start of their breakdown with the Liverpool support, the 30-year-old added. “Breaking this vow set the first alarm bells ringing, the embarrassing continual changing of the stadium plans was irritating too,” he wrote.

Rafael Benitez does not escape criticism in Carragher’s autobiography with the Spaniard accused of triggering last season’s disharmony by calling for greater and more urgent investment in his squad.

“I understood why the owners were unhappy with him too,” he added. “They’d been undermined by Rafa and now they were undermining him.”

Source Quote: The Guardian

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