Moores in plea for peace or for owners to quit

Apr 14 2008 by Richard Down, Liverpool Daily Post

David Moores

FORMER owner David Moores has said he is heartbroken over Liverpool’s internal meltdown being played out in the full glare of the world’s media.

He has called for the warring factions to either sort out their differences or simply get out.

Moores, who continues to act as honorary life president at Anfield, said: “It's heartbreaking. I'm almost lost for words about the damage that's being done to the club at the present time. I've never known anything like it and I'm just absolutely shell-shocked. The wonderful success they had that night (against Arsenal) has been completely diminished, it is completely gone, because of all of this being brought out into the open.

“It certainly doesn't help the team, because they're not getting all the praise they should be getting because other things are taking priority.”

When Moores stepped down as owner, he welcomed Hicks and Gillett to the club but now he wants them to resolve their differences or move out.

He said: “I believed these fellas, I believed everything they said to me and they said it all again to the fans via the media and you can judge for yourselves whether they kept their promises.

“It needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. The two owners don't agree on a way forward and unity is essential.

“They have got to stop thinking of themselves and start thinking of the club, its values, its traditions and its heritage.

“We have got to keep the ship going and I will try my best, and I'm sure Rick (Parry) will, that we will go on and try to get success at the end of the season, try to get off the politics and concentrate on what’s happening on the pitch.”