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He was also instrumental in finding some Russian guy who no one had heard of to takeover reading, the guy then disappeared back to Russia an Samuelson then tried to buy the club on the cheap after they booted him off the board he was also last linked with attempting to takeover the mighty Bristol rovers

I don't doubt what you say in the slightest but everyone on the board is an associate of Samuelson! if dr xia was the driving force behind the takeover where are his associates that he works with on a daily basis? like I stated I hope that my fears are unfounded but I remain sceptical

I hope so but why the need for a Swiss financier who has been involved in several other failedtakeovers who has been investigated for money laundering and a couple of his mates, I'm afraid this part of the takeover worries me

Well the FBI certainly thought he is dodgy, I really hope your right but the fact that everyone on the board apart from xia is or has had business dealings with Samuelson before makes me wonder who it actually is that's gonna be running our club

Well I'd Google Chris Samuelson an Everton fc an then reading fc an draw your own conclusions, either way he is not here for the love of Aston villa, no one has heard of banfill, but he is apparently an associate of samuelsons

Well Chris Samuelson for one plus 'his associate' the previously unknown Jamie banfill it I will afford myself a small shandy for now an cross my fingers

Is it just me that remains incredibly sceptical especially given the extremely dodgy members we have on our board i still fear we will be hearing the words 'refinancing' or 'seeking new investment' sooner or later

Spoke to a Bournemouth fan the weekend who reckons he's a great captain an very decent player at championship level, would be sad to see him go

Aaron mooy has Gotta be worth a punt for me, but wouldn't break the bank an he is a solid centre mid, hits a mean free kick too, I watch a lot of A league soccer an id say he is pretty much the best player in the league

I've seen a lot of Aaron mooy an Aussie midfielder, he currently plays for Melbourne city, he put in a decent shift against England in the friendly, he's a decent player, scores goals an surely wouldn't break the bank, easily good enough for the championship in my opinion

lol is that the champions league he was talking about, silly me!

ive watched indian football, they have recently launched an indian super league, im sure nicholas anelka managed one of the clubs last year (maybe mumbai), theres only about 6 teams though an to be honest it was prettry awful stuff, they do also have a another indian premier league which is shocking

a guy called jamie banhill will also be on the board, he is in the same company as samuelson which makes me very edgy

Tamworth fc lived there for 5 yrs an watched them regularly when they got up to the conference also have a bit of a soft spot for athletic bilbao, love the fact you can only play for them if your from the basque country

i stand corrected then, maybe it is the case then that he is quite a shy individual who is extremely private, i think i would get annoyed at people constantly questioning my self worth and asking for proof id still like someone to ask him the questions about samuelson though

yeah i get what your saying an given that i failed basic french however millenia ago it was when i went to school id expect someone with a havard masters who spent alot of time in the US to be a little better versed

does this not all look a bit amateurish though? considering he spent alot of time in the US an also time in the UK, his english is pretty bad if you look at the other big takeovers like man city an chelsea, these guys breezed in with their management companys doing all the talking and didnt need to do any trying to convince the joe public, this poor guy seems stressed as hell having to dea\l with all this crap an where an why is samuelson an his mate banhill hiding while all this is going on? there are still questions that need answering in my opinion

having re-read that reading article again though is it not possible that samuelson may have approached (or even been approached by) lerner offering to find him a buyer with his price being a place on the new board i dont really have a clue how business works or even what benefits he will get apart from a comfy seat

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chris-samuelson-former-reading-fc-11355076 this article is the story, this guy wants power an the money

Did he not also pay himself or his company a fee for organising the loan?

i think we are damned if we do and damned if we dont, it depends which is the lesser of 2 evils, ive thought long an hard about this an my feelings are that id take lerner rather than havin bodymoor heath in hock to fund transfers or debt

i really do hope thats the case but im afraid that having a couple of chancers like samuelson and banfill lurking in the background dosnt back that statement up

i completley agree with this and i dont think im the only one who is hoping this deal colapses, i know we should take anything the evening mail says with a pince of salt but samuelson an banfill are both directors of the same company socfin group and they have both been seen at the villa v newcastle game along with dr xia, dr xia was also photo graphed in the villa changing rooms with those guys names on shirts behind him weather we like to admit it or not they are heavily involved in this takeover an i reckon young dr xia is just their front man, they hoped we would just fall down all gooey eyed as soon as he started waving million pound notes around, from what ive seen on message boards it seems to have worked Im really hoping that if Mr King is out there an he is concerned he may have some idea what to do about it, maybe lodging an objection to the FA

well for my tuppence worth i think he is very much involved in this deal, i would like to think he may have been around for a while as an advisor for xai an then buggered off to take over bristol rovers but no i think if this deal goes thru he will be sat on the board an that makes me feel very ill at ease its also worth adding that when the reading thing went tits up he did then try an form a consortium himself to take over the club which failed i just have a horrible feeling this xai isnt the guy we are hopin he is an that when its time to start restructuring this club we could find our training facilities an ground are being used to fund it am i just being paranoid? i bloody hope so

my concern is this, if lerner an hollis knew that the club was pretty much sold why did they bother cutting so many jobs from the club unless the potential new owners had already requested this be done if xia has oodles of cash why would he need samuelson (who is a financier) unless samuelson is financing the deal for xia, xia then goes awol leaving samuelson to get the club on the cheap and strip its assets samuelson is clearly here to make money, i really dont think he gives a rats ass about aston villa fc there is alot that really troubles me about this takeover an im sort of startin to hope it dosnt happen