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jefferies in december 2014 liverpool , england british may 7 los angeles , california mike jefferies.jpg mike jefferies
 mike jefferies screenwriter , producer
mike jefferies

born in liverpool , mike jefferies is a british screenwriter and film producer .
jefferies co-wrote the screenplay for `` goal ! ''
with contributions from veteran british writers dick clement and ian la frenais .
the story of a young illegal immigrant , rising from poverty to become one of the world 's greatest players was released by disney and has been shown in 38 countries worldwide .
jefferies was again one of the writers on the second part of the trilogy , ' .
jefferies also co-wrote part three of the trilogy ' with piers ashworth .
in september 2004 jefferies , together with stuart ford , fronted a bid backed by the kraft family , to purchase liverpool football club .
the bid would have valued the club at approximately # 200m .
in 2005 the club was subsequently purchased in a deal by tom hicks and george gillett which valued the club at # 218.9 m.
