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No this reading takeover http://www.royals.org/readingfc-news/Chris-Samuelson-Former-Reading-FC-director-involved-in-Aston-Villa-takeover llast time I checked it was also not illegal to be sceptical of someone's motives

You can assume that if you wish but given this an the similarities between our takeover and that of reading fc I'll remain very sceptical until I see otherwise

http://www.gudavadze.com/court.news.christopher-samuelson-denies-money-laundering-allegations.html there you go, after reading that that was in the telegraph in 2012 gives me my opinion that someone has a chequered past secondly I didn't state anyone was charged with any offence

Retract what? That he has a chequered past, Google Chris Samuelson and FBI I'd say that's chequered

Like I said earlier let's wait and see shall we but as the villa supporters club have asked for a meeting to question the make up of the board I'm hardly on my own in being concerned about this guy that no one has ever heard of buying the club and a point that I've raised before is that why xia didn't appear to have another soul from the recon group attached to Aston villa, every single member of the board is connected to Chris Samuelson who has a chequered past when it comes to having involvement in football clubs if you think this is completely normal then fair enough

New company address at villa park run by a mate of Chris Samuelson called Jamie banfill who from what I hear specialises in shifting money around an no apparent expertise in the health food industry seems completely normal!!

I don't expect him to move to Britain at all but let's see

Specialists? sorry I find that comment bizarre but let's wait an see shall we, we have hardly set the world alight with these billions some of you seem to think we have

If anything untoward is happening at our football club we won't find out for some time yet, I just find it a bit strange that Chris Samuelson an his mates are SO involved in the running of the club that is all I'm pointing out

Lol with another one of Chris samuelsons mates Jamie Banfill!!! now why would villa need a company selling olive oil an Heath products hmmm

Just out of interest which players are out of contract next year?

would be nice if you could find something he has done right within a football club? i think some villa fans are so desperate to be the next man city or chelsea they are willing to accept anything that dr xia says as gospal

you asked for facts did you not?

this is taken from the liverpool echo about chris samuelson He was conjured up by Bill Kenwright in 2004 when the Swiss based financier was head of a body called the Fortress Sports Fund, which promised to invest £12.8m in the Blues but ultimately failed to deliver a single penny. Paraded at an Everton AGM and introduced as a lifelong Evertonian, one doubting fan declared: “Who scored the winning goal in the 1966 FA Cup final?” Clearly stumped, Samuelson stuttered: “Errr, I was a student in Munich in 1966.” The promised investment proved equally as vague. On December 22 2004, Samuelson said: “Cash transfers can take three or four days and I hope it is with Everton by Christmas.” However the money had not materialised by January, and in February 2005, then chief executive Keith Wyness stated that the club had begun to look for other potential investors. Almost a decade later Samuelson became a director of Reading, but left the club in 2014 when the Royals became embroiled in serious financial difficulties.

chris samuelson moves money around for a living, not beyond the realms of possibility he could move money from one bank account to another without xia owing any of it, there is no doubt RECON group exists but the wealth of the company is completely unknown

you dont think any of the stuff you have read about chris samuelson reflects badly on him? i find that remarkable if im honest he may not have done a thing wrong but the fact he already had 2 failed attempts to gain control over football clubs concerns me

lol i understand what your saying but it is excellent for watchin live football from around the world and a little fiver here an there now and again never hurt anyone

the concern for me is does dr xia really have any great wealth and also the fact that it appears our board will be made up entirely of people that are either involved in samuelsons swiss company or that have some association with samuelson, no one on the board will be from recon (apart from xia) which ever way you look at the samuelson thing he dosnt have any actual great wealth himself (unless he borrows it) and he does seem to leave a trial of destruction behind himself this makes me wonder who it is that has actually bought our club, is it xia or is he just here to look like the squeaky clean billionaire and that actually the person behind this sale is samuelson (remember lerner was desperate to get rid of villa, did he just sell us to the first buyer that came along) this is only rumour but some people have suggested that samuelson has borrowed money to buy villa with xia as the front man and that any parachute payments and player sales would be funding us going forward, if promotion is then not achieved we could find ourseleves in alot of financial trouble in 18-24 months time of course this is all just rumour and us as fans will probably not know a thing until the dirty stuff hits the fan at the end of next season, it will be interesting though to see how much money is actually spent between now an then on players i should also add that i have been told that samuelson headed a swiss consortium that attempted to buy us 12-18 months ago, that deal aaparantly collapsed due to the fact they couldnt prove they had the funds to complete the takeover

Your not a betting man then, if you open a bet365 account, as long as you leave 1p in your account you can watch plenty of global football for free, I have a fondness for the Dutch an Aussie league although if you fancy a chuckle watch Indian premier league

Wow well I can see I'm in the minority about having concerns about who is gonna be running our football club, will use have to wait an see if I'm still in the minority in a years time especially if we don't get promoted first time

At what cost to the club? reading fans questioned where the money had gone while he was in charge with them

I'm pleased that the supporters club has requested a meeting with wyness and have also raised their concerns about the make up of our board i have a nasty feeling that Samuelson and banfill are gonna be having more than just a say in how our club is operating and one thing is for certain... They are here to make money for themselves, nothing more, nothing less

I spoke to a customer who is a cherries fan yesterday an asked him about elphick, he thought it was just paper talk an that he would be gutted to see him leave, a born leader was his exact words

In all honesty like some I'm not gulable or stupid enough to roll over an go all gooey eyed just because we have been sold to a guy claiming to make us a top 3 club in 5 years i wanna see the proof of it first!! my club will have my undying support no matter what happens, what ever dr xias or Chris samuelsons plans are will become clear in time until then I'll remain sceptical

In all honesty I don't know an we may not know for a while yet, a lot I think will depend on weather we go straight back up, I've been a villa fan for a long time an ill be there supporting them no matter what but the fact that Hitchens set up recon sport for xia and Samuelson an then immediately resigns followed by the fact Samuelson has filled the board with associates of his and not xias worrys me tremendously