EXPANSION: Liverpool Owner Plans "Montreal FC" Entry
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| oh you beauty found this 3/26/2008 on mlsrumors.blogspot.com [flag] |
Rating: 4 (Good) According to this French language report in Canada , one of Liverpool FC's owners, George Gillette is looking to leapfrog several other cities vying for expansion. This would be a move that would certainly doom St Louis's hopes for the next MLS expansion. According to the article a group made up of George Gillette and the Saputo family, owners of the USL, Montreal Impact ...
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Published 3/26/2008 by nate at oh you beauty
... • It’s been fairly quiet on the part of the owners, but MLS Rumors reports of an article in the Canadian press (which, unfortunately, is in French) claiming Gillett wants to be part of a Montreal MLS team. He's got Montreal ties with ownership of the Canadiens, but it's still strange given he’s supposedly financially-strapped. That is, unless he planned on selling the shares of one of his other “franchises.” There’s an English translation of the article in the post. ...
