Author Topic: Rick Parry set to leave Liverpool Football Club (Read 84619 times)

Liverbird 2010 · « **on:** February 27, 2009, 08:46:27 am »

Rick Parry set to leave Liverpool Football Club
Feb 27 2009 World Exclusive By Tony Barrett

Rick Parry Image 2

RICK Parry is set to leave Liverpool Football Club.

The ECHO understands Parry’s departure by mutual consent will be officially announced by Liverpool later today.

The long serving chief executive will not leave with immediate effect though with all parties in agreement that he will remain in position until the end of the current season.

Speculation will inevitably surface suggesting Parry has lost a power struggle with Reds boss Rafa Benitez but the ECHO understands the real reason for his power is an acknowledgement that his relationship with Tom Hicks is unworkable.

As yet, there are no indications about who will replace Parry when his time at the club comes to an end.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/02/27/rick-parry-set-to-leave-liverpool-football-club-100252-23025675/

redrockydennis · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:48:52 am »

can't say i'm sorry, but looks like hicks is here to stay if this is the case.

Chaztastic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:50:18 am »

Bit out of the blue that.

A sign that Rafa has got his way perhaps?

SteB · « **Reply #3 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:50:36 am »

Is right.

Why let him hang around though?

Lionel Rich Tea · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:50:59 am »

Brian Barwick?

Quote from: ShanksLegend on February 27, 2009, 07:57:17 am

Brian Barwick is apparently getting a role at the club, head of communications or something.

Quote from: 007 on February 27, 2009, 08:11:01 am

Replacement for Parry?

Macedonian_Red · « **Reply #5 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:51:12 am »

Great news ... Now, can we get David Dein as a replacement ?

Liverbird 2010 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:51:21 am »

1 down 2 to go, take them other two gobshites with you.

Victory for rafa.

4-2-3-1 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:51:53 am »

Been coming for a while... Nevertheless

1-0 Hicks. Although, Gillett and Parry not getting along as they once were is probably a factor.

Liverbird 2010 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:53:04 am »

Quote from: Macedonian_Red on February 27, 2009, 08:51:12 am

Great news ... Now, can we get David Dein as a replacement ?

Brian Barwick isnt it?

Zeb · « **Reply #9 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:53:52 am »

Whispers were right then about big news today. Hopefully

Not going to put the boot in. Hopefully this will result in sufficient changes being made for Rafa's contract to be sorted out. Manager, players, fans. Suits are there to sign the cheques.

royhendo · « **Reply #10 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:53:54 am »

I wouldn't beleive it, but it's from you Lyndsey, and it's from Tony B. There it is in black and white.

Now I find myself worrying about the boardroom 'balance' issue for some fucked up reason

Macedonian_Red · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:55:15 am »

Quote from: Lyndsey_LFC on February 27, 2009, 08:53:04 am

Brian Barwick isnt it?

We will probably get Barwick, but I would love if we could get Dein as our new CEO ...

Lenstar · « **Reply #12 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:55:29 am »

Quote from: Lyndsey_LFC on February 27, 2009, 08:53:04 am

Brian Barwick isnt it?

well if what SL has said on the contract forum is true then yes, looks that way

kmo1969 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:55:49 am »

Quote from: royhendo on February 27, 2009, 08:53:54 am

Now I find myself worrying about the boardroom 'balance' issue for some fucked up reason

Me too. $:-\$

RedRush · « **Reply #14 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:55:50 am »

A Day of Joy!

SMD · « **Reply #15 on:** February 27, 2009, 08:56:17 am »

I'm not going to jump for joy just yet. Yes, Parry's ineffective and self serving but let's see how this shifts the power in the club...

maqu006 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:01:11 am »

Not sure what to make of this. If Moores goes now, we can be sure that the debt will be loaded completely onto the club as there will be no opposition to this on the board.

RedRush · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:01:14 am »

Forget about whether this leaves Hicks' party in charge of the board, just pop the champagne and let's all celebrate!!!! What a great news this is!

Bottleneck gone!

Red Alert · « **Reply #18 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:01:17 am »

This has been coming for some time.....I hope this signals a brighter future for us.

I just hope that Hicks does not now see his power become greater by putting in another 'Yes man' we need a strong man who can take on both the Yanks and keep an eye on the running of the club and work with Raifa.....oooops sorry Rafa.

finchie · « **Reply #19 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:07:47 am »

Victory for the Rafalution!
Now for Gillette.

mainstandred · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:07:58 am »

Well it could leave hicks as the dominate force at the club because parry was on gillett side so interesting to see how this pans out .

RedGirlSuzie · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:09:47 am »

Lets hope this really happens, when coco's pictured carrying a box of bits'n'bobs out of anfield, then I'll raise a smile!!

Hank Scorpio · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:10:06 am »

Wow.

Massive news.

Surely this can only be good for Benitez's plan of world domination?

edeyj · « **Reply #23 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:10:35 am »

First reaction: good!
Second reaction: will this mean Hicks gets total control over boardroom decisions...bad.
Third reaction: fuck it, good!!!

McMahon · « **Reply #24 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:10:39 am »

Parry should of had the dignity to fall on his own sword a long time ago. Dien has to be the replacment, he can be the all important guiding light for Rafa.

HiroProtagonist · « **Reply #25 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:10:56 am »

Brian Barwick would be a suitable replacement.

i6uuaq · « **Reply #26 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:11:21 am »

Quote from: Red Tsar on February 27, 2009, 08:50:18 am

A sign that Rafa has got his way perhaps?

couldn't possibly be. i mean, the article specifically denied that was the case, didn't it?

mainstandred · « **Reply #27 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:12:41 am »

Quote from: MEPA on February 27, 2009, 09:10:56 am

Brian Barwick would be a suitable replacement.

yes the man who appointed Steve mc claren yes he is the one

Father Ted · « **Reply #28 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:12:57 am »

Parry going? Who's going to fuck up all our transfer dealings now?

bez · « **Reply #29 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:13:58 am »

Quote from: MEPA on February 27, 2009, 09:10:56 am

Brian Barwick would be a suitable replacement.

Fuck off, he's been sniffing around anyway. He's been at most games next to Moores and Parry Since october

Hank Scorpio · « **Reply #30 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:14:54 am »

Can you hear that?

That's the sound of a collective sigh of relief from Reds all over the world.

Liverbird 2010 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:17:26 am »

I hope he is taking freddy boswell with him aswell, good thing about it is a major victory for rafa, bad news is they can lump all the debt on the club now.

Or the decks are being cleared for a new owner.

DonkeyWan · « **Reply #32 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:19:47 am »

But how does this leave the whole boardroom issue? I mean its absolutely no victory if Hicks gets greater control of the club. it also removes some of the continuity within the club, leaving it open to a total US makeover.

Also, I like Rafa, but giving one man too much power in the club is not a positive I reckon.

Liverbird 2010 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:20:31 am »

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article5813656.ece

Tony Evans
Liverpool will announce today that Rick Parry will leave the club at the end of the season.

The chief executive, who has been embroiled in a power struggle with Rafael Benitez, will depart from Anfield, which will represent a massive victory for the manager.

Parry has been negotiating a payoff for the past few weeks.

This development comes at the end of a fraught week for the club during which rumours have circulated that the manager had been dismissed. Benitez has emerged stronger after the Champions League victory over Real Madrid on Wednesday, but the painful politics of Liverpool mean that even today's development does not make the manager's situation palpably clearer.

Parry was known to be an ally of George Gillett Jr, the club's co-owner, but the pair are believed to have fallen out over the stories that surfaced on Wednesday suggesting that Benitez was about to leave the club.

Gillett has found no buyer for his 50 per cent stake, but this latest development opens the door to a change of ownership at Anfield because the co-owner has lost his last ally at the club.

fry · « **Reply #34 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:20:44 am »

Great news, next the owners hopfully they will soon follow. I would have him clear out his desk today, why have a bad smell floating about till the end of the season, if you fart open a window.

sisterbliss · « **Reply #35 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:22:21 am »

Sing Halleluyah sing it sing halleluyah - fantastic news, great start to the weekend

HiroProtagonist · « **Reply #36 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:22:33 am »

Quote from: mainstandred on February 27, 2009, 09:12:41 am

yes the man who appointed Steve mc claren yes he is the one

I'm sorry sarcasm doesn't come across very well on the internet.

Fat Scouser · « **Reply #37 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:22:39 am »

Quote from: royhendo on February 27, 2009, 08:53:54 am

I wouldn't beleive it, but it's from you Lyndsey, and it's from Tony B. There it is in black and white.

Now I find myself worrying about the boardroom 'balance' issue for some fucked up reason

I thought I'd oneday be dancing at this news. But for some reason there's a little voice in the back of me head telling me better the devil you know.
But fuck it. That's a start. Another couple to go. If we're this good now, we'll be bloody unstopable if we can get everyone pulling in the same direction.

TipTopKop · « **Reply #38 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:23:27 am »

One of the most significant moves the club can make at the moment, in order to go forward.

Oh and before anyone else says it, I nominate Fat Scouser for the now vacant position.

rocco · « **Reply #39 on:** February 27, 2009, 09:23:46 am »

Thought Hicks already brought in somebody from Arsenal to look after our commercial end , so leave Rafa to the transfers .. and that leaves nobody to replace parry ?
Concerned about it strengthening HIcks standing ?