Kirdi said he hopes to come to the U.K. Aug. 13 and attend the team’s first Premier League game of the season against Arsenal two days later.
Liverpool supporters have expressed skepticism that Kirdi and his group have the funds to buy the team, which is one of soccer’s most popular with fan groups from New York to Bangkok. A supporter-run website, Anfield Road, reported that until 2008 Kirdi owned pizza outlets in Quebec.
“I’m very serious,” Kirdi said. “There are big names with me, big companies when the deal is done. You’ll know everybody but they want to be private now.”
He gave his backing to new manager Roy Hodgson, saying he was a better choice to lead the team than previous coach Rafael Benitez, who quit in June after the team finished seventh, its worst league position in 11 years.
“Rafael didn’t do anything good for Liverpool,” Kirdi said. “Hodgson is very good for Liverpool because he’s not some kind of dictator.”
Liverpool hasn’t won a trophy since the F.A. Cup in 2006. It won the Champions League a year earlier, at
What a tit this kirdi really is.