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  1. hippo
    Recon group is at the most 5 smallish companies - most of which are clocking losses. RECON is just a front to be honest - it is nothing. Teamax sit above recon and that is a bigger deal - but Xia owns a 18% stake in that company ....and thats it. It isn't quite as bad as Carson Yeung who turned to be a hairdresser - but xia , recon, smart cities is out that ilk. Sorry JV - but we have been had. Big time.
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    Not sure if serious ? Recon haven't built a city anywhere - I am not aware of any meetings with Birmingham city council about smart cities , HS2 and the commonwealth games briefly yes You do realise that smart cities isn't actually construction cities ?
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    It may have been smart cities as in smart meters etc - but Xia was happy to let people beleive that he trotted around the world building cities. It was only a few weeks back i argued this point on here when someone said 'obviously his plan was to develop the whole area*' *TBF he did refurb the club shop !
  4. hippo
    Dr Tony went to china with an enormous boner Lets hope he doesn't come back and we get a feckin new owner !
  5. hippo
    My half jokin response was that he intended to sell us after getting promoted. Hence the asking price would have been higher.
  6. hippo
    Except the price per share.
  7. hippo
    probably right. But some or all of the shares are now in a position to be sold. thats my reading of it . Despite his denials and barring somebody investing £40m in villa , the club is effectively up for sale.
  8. hippo
    Thats already happened - we paid £12m for Hogan.
  9. hippo
    You've brought us haven't you ?
  10. hippo
    Shares are owned by tony in a state for sale... that doesn't mean he has to sell all of them. Bottom line IMO Tony is looking to sell some shares to raise cash.
  11. hippo
    Off the wall thought - could Xia offer shares for sale to villa supporters ? - he keeps control and raises some cash. ? - we get a voice on the board but Xia has the final say...
  12. hippo
    Beat me to it....
  13. hippo
    is that as Crazy as Xia asking for £60m now ? for a massive loss making, debt ridden football club ?
  14. hippo
    He's off - and Xia creates a hint of a sale (without much substance) to appease us - seems most likely. The timing and our need for cash would suggest that Xia has caved in on the price - @£20m tops.....
  15. hippo
    Howard Hodgson is very quiet
  16. hippo
    Club was up for sale for around 2 years - in that time Lerner made around 2 statements. I really don't anything will happen that quickly - the probably shuffles any sale a little further along - but doubt there is a buyer yet ..IMO of course.
  17. hippo
    I don't think he does. In any case somebody posted last week that recon is basically 3 loss making companies. Someone drilled down that Teamax actually own recon - and xia has an 18% stake in Teamax.
  18. hippo
    I think Xia can sell as any many or as little shares as he wishes. I can not see anyone buying 49% of Aston Villa - and then have no effective control over the club. Xia might want to only sell 49% - but he might be forced to sell a controlling interest - or continue to cover the shortfall each month. Lerner did something similar - But I think the sale came a good while after that. Hope I am wrong but don't think that filing today means a sale is imminent.
  19. hippo
    New contract for Micah ?
  20. hippo
    #planningforthemeparkgranted
  21. hippo
    He's had a PPI refund on all those loans (yes i know its been done !)
  22. hippo
    That Deisler123 chap , reckoned Xia has the promise of a loan from recon. My guess is that is used a last resort if Xia can't sell enough each month to pay the bills... I would also speculate that the loan from recon is to keep us afloat while Xia finds a buyer.
  23. hippo
    "We are fookin back" Yeah I had the same discussion - I couldn't quite figure his 100% confidence that Xia had gov't backing - he even continued to say it when even Xia had denied it.
  24. hippo
    He will be great for us next season.
  25. hippo
    Does anyone remember that day - I think it was early last season - when the club could only accept cash payments - no cards .....I wonder ???
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