A chinese multi-millionaire internet gaming tycoon from Shanghai has held provisional talks about buying Liverpool, The Independent can reveal. No offer has been tabled yet but Zhu Jun, 44, the founder chairman and chief executive of The9 Ltd – one of China's leading online gaming firms – is described by local sources as "sincerely interested" in the club.

When Zhu's gaming firm floated on America's Nasdaq stock exchange in 2004, Zhu pocketed around ￡60m and his personal fortune has expanded considerably since. Zhu has a long-term active interest in football and is the chairman and majority owner of Shanghai Shenhua of the Chinese Super League.

An informed source in Shanghai says Zhu has already had two exploratory meetings about buying Liverpool with Barclays Capital (BarCap), the global investment bank. BarCap was hired by the club's new chairman, Martin Broughton, to find a buyer after the owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, formally put the club on the market last month.

One of Zhu's meetings with BarCap took place in Hong Kong at the end of April and a second was in Shanghai in the past week, according to a business source in China. A spokesman for BarCap declined to comment.

Broughton wants a "leak-free" media strategy until a deal is done with whoever eventually buys the club. This is understandable given the attention likely to be given to any potential buyer. But the revelation of Zhu's interest and meetings is significant in that it suggests BarCap is now actively engaging with bidders.

Before Broughton and BarCap were brought on board, Liverpool's owners had struggled to attract any interest from would-be partner investors that was satisfactory to Hicks and Gillett. "There is certainly a mood change now," one insider said. "But we're not close to any done deal yet."

Zhu is one of dozens of parties contacted across the world by BarCap already, as the firm chases up previous interest in the club and explores new leads. Zhu proposes to head a consortium of businessmen, perhaps including one or more other owners of Chinese Super League clubs, to make a bid. It is known, however, that he feels the owners' nominal asking price of ￡800m is double a realistic valuation.

Price will be a sticking point but is acknowledged on all sides as negotiable. A swift sale is clearly in Liverpool's best interests because it would allow a new owner to take decisive action over whether to keep Rafa Benitez in charge before the summer transfer window closes.

Hicks and Gillett will not sack Benitez; The Independent has been told by a senior club insider that there is "no chance at all" of that happening because a ￡16m pay-off would be necessary to facilitate it and the Americans will not spend that cash. The Spaniard's position remains in the balance, as does the club's transfer policy.

The ￡800m price tag has been circulated in China as a starting point for negotiations among potential bidders. Sources say the price tag has deterred many potential investors from even coming to the negotiating table. However the verbal "prospectus" that BarCap has been touting highlights Liverpool's potential growth, and Zhu is among those willing to explore the possibilities of buying at a "decent" price.

BarCap is looking for a buyer committed to the new stadium, and is stressing to would-be buyers that it is integral to Liverpool's long-term stability and growth as an investment. Zhu is confident he can raise or borrow funds to build it, if the purchase price is right.

Zhu's background has been romanticised on his firm's own website, with a description of his early business life talking about how he graduated from a delivery man who used a tricycle to do his rounds in the 1980s to someone who sold clothing and then cars before moving into non-specific "international trade". The last 12 years are easier to track: he started a gaming company in 1998, moving into online virtual communities in the early Noughties as the internet boomed, and then floating The9 six years ago.

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塞拉米卡中国千万富翁从上海互联网游戏大亨买利物浦举行临时会谈，独立可以透露。没有提供已提交但尚未朱军，创始人董事长兼首席执行第九城市有限公司 - 中国领先的在线游戏公司之一，44 - 是由当地消息报道，“真诚关心”的俱乐部。

当朱的博彩公司对美国的纳斯达克证券交易所在2004年，朱约6000万英镑的个人财富和他的口袋浮动以来已大大扩展。朱有在足球运动的长远利益，也有积极的董事长和大多数上海的中国超级联赛申花老板。

在上海消息灵通人士说，朱已经买了两个与巴克莱资本（BarCap），全球投资银行利物浦试探性的会议。 BarCap是受雇于该俱乐部的新主席，马丁布劳顿，找到业主后，汤姆希克斯和乔治吉列买家，正式投放市场，俱乐部的最后一个月。

朱与BarCap的一次会议是在香港发生于4月底在上海第二个是在过去一周，根据一项在中国的业务来源。一种BarCap发言人拒绝发表评论。

布劳想要一个“无泄漏”，直到达成协议媒体战略与谁最终购买该俱乐部进行。这是可以理解的重视可能会考虑任何潜在的买家。但朱的利益和会议的启示是在意义重大，它表明BarCap现正积极与投标人进行。

布劳顿和BarCap前被带到船上，利物浦的拥有者一直在努力吸引任何兴趣想成为合作伙伴的投资者都满意的希克斯和吉列。他说：“当然是现在的心情变化，”一知情人士说。 “但我们不会关闭任何木已成舟呢。”

朱是各方在世界各地数十个一联系，BarCap了，因为该公司在该俱乐部追逐以前的兴趣和探索新的线索。朱建议率领一个由商界财团，可能包括一个或更多的中国足球超级联赛俱乐部的其他业主，使一个出价。据了解，但是，他觉得业主的名义，要求800万英镑的价格是一个现实的双重价值。

价格将是一个棘手的问题，但作为谈判的各方的承认。销售是一个迅速在利物浦的最大利益显然是因为它允许一个新的所有者采取果断行动，在是否继续负责贝尼特斯在夏季转会窗口关闭。

希克斯和吉列将不会解雇贝尼特斯;独立已被告知由一名高级俱乐部的内幕：“有没有这一切都发生的，因为1600万英镑放线就必须促进它与美国人不会花”机会现金。西班牙人的立场依然在平衡一样，俱乐部的转会政策。

800英镑的价格标签已被分发中国作为一个潜在投标人之间谈判的起点。消息人士说，价格甚至已不敢来谈判桌许多潜在的投资者。但是，口头上说“招股说明书”的BarCap一直在大力宣扬亮点利物浦的增长潜力，朱是在那些愿意探讨在一个“体面的”价格购买的可能性。

BarCap是致力于寻找新球场的买家，并强调向潜在的购买者，它是不可或缺的利物浦的长期稳定和投资的增长。朱有信心他可以提高或借入资金进行建设，如果购买价格是正确的。

朱的背景是浪漫的，他的公司自己的网站，与他早期的商业生活中他是如何从一个邮递员谁用三轮车做的，20世纪80年代的人谁卖衣服和汽车前迁入然后他发毕业谈论描述非特定的“国际贸易”。过去12年中更容易追踪：他于1998年开始一个游戏公司，并在互联网蓬勃发展的网上虚拟社区早期Noughties移动，然后在6年前浮动九城。

我还以为是假消息呢，二楼的翻译 囧

诸君能出得起5亿镑?鬼才信

赶走了美国猪，又来中国猪

英媒曝朱骏介入收购利物浦 提议中超集体买红军

:fq8: :fq8:

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不可能的，他没钱，又没有融资能力

这煞笔难道还想亲自参加一次英超展现下限么？？

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朱骏8亿英镑收购利物浦

好啊

买下后把托雷斯 杰拉德下放到中超

猪军连高龄和都尉都养不起，还付杰拉德工资？

不要啊，直接给我一刀吧。

朱骏可以在友谊赛中出场

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