"there is always someone stupider and richer around the corner" No premiership clubs are 'worth their valuation' - they barely make any money and profit is totally reliant on asset values rising. There is a lot of choice out there for a would-be owner - so what's that going to do for the asset prices? Comment number 79. The endless debate concerning the dealings of Messrs Hicks and Gillett raise a far greater question concerning the business model that the British private sector is meant to develop under the "coalition" government. The "hidden deals" of vested interests for monetary gain at the expense of the interests of the service users (i.e. Liverpool supporters; season ticket holders and club members). Two American business men undertook the common practice for such business models - borrowing heavily in the hope of making large profits in a short period. When the business started to fail, they enginerred a complex debt structuring that some how payed them monies by increasing the "company's debts". The banks involved, as in all such excessively large debts, could not afford to lose the investment so allowed the two Americans to restructure - until it became obvious that they were unable to meet their commitments. At this point the legal system kicks in, the banks owed money force the two American debtors into selling their asset in order to pay-off their debt, insisting on the restructing of the Board of Directors to facilitate an appropriate sale. The two American debtors/bussinessmen