Okonokos

Just got a feeling before kick off today we might announce that he's signed a new contract. Just a feeling.

17 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

Mutally terminate Micah Richards

Loan out McCormack or just give him to anyone to get him gone and take it as a loss.

Tshibola, again loan out or just give him away.

Gil, Lyden & Gardner Sell or Loan out again.

If we get offers for Elmo, Taylor, Whelan &/or Jedinak, Lansbury and Hogan then we should really consider selling too.

If other too good to turn down offers came in for Kodja, Adomah, Chester, etc then we would need to consider very carefully taking into consideration of how or where it leaves us.

Ideally, it is the first 6 names above we should focus on offloading first before moving onto the next 6 etc.

 

Not his contract. Him. Terminate him. I like your thinking.

3 hours ago, Hoof hearted said:

Actually, Xia deserves all the credit on this one. Source? The lawyer that brokered the deal is my CEOs best mate. (Actual, honest to goodness ITK right there).

You do realise you'll be expected to give us ITK info every week now? Otherwise it will be Hoof hearted out!!!

Does the takeover mean we won't be signing Dean Marney?

1 minute ago, Newry_Villan said:

Does this mean we can tell Daniel Levy and Spurs to go **** themselves??

43 minutes ago, PieFacE said:

 

Post of the day right here! Fantastic stuff.

Where have you guys read they own 55%?

Just now, hippo said:

“As lifelong football fans, we are excited and privileged to have become part of this great Club. We believe that together we bring business and sports experience that will help strengthen the Club to ensure Aston Villa can return to its rightful place in the upper echelons of English football.

Become part - not own or control.    - starting to sound like a loan 

 

It will be initial investment for now. Guarantee a full takeover will happen in the next few weeks.

*Insert Randy Marsh Ectoplasm image here*

1 minute ago, PieFacE said:

Hmmm... just saw a screenshot on Twitter of someone talking to Kevin Grealish with the headline "I think it's done " 

It wouldn't let me load the screenshot as it had already been deleted, but I think the guy said to Kevin

"Is it worth me getting Grealish on the back of my Villa shirt"

I didn't see the response from Kevin, but judging by the crying face in the headline of the tweet, I think he said no. 

I just saw that too. His reply was "Hold fire".

27 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said:

I believe what I have been told by this chap, yes.

Was the chap Grealish by any chance?

Just now, AvfcRigo82 said:

Now we're getting the hang of it..

Bomb squad first, anyone else that has a bid too good to turn down too.

Jack is fine where he is and is going nowhere folks.  

Are you convinced he's going nowhere?

1 minute ago, villaglint said:

Anyone else wondering if this was the contingency plan all along? 

If we didn't go up we would be so far away from ever being able to comply that selling the club was the only option. 

 

To be honest, I don't think Xia has had a Plan A since the day he walked in here never mind contingency plans.

5 minutes ago, hippo said:

I don't won't Egyptian owners - they don't even play football over there do they - ? - got disaster written all over it. 

No, Xia staying is an absolutely guaranteed 100% certain disaster.

Anybody else coming in may be a disaster. Or may not. We don't know yet, but we do know for certainty what Xia staying in control means.

Also, the middle bit of your sentence, is that a joke? 

Just now, Wainy316 said:

What's Percy's track record like?

Nobody more reliable.

1 minute ago, PieFacE said:

Fact is, it doesn't really change a lot. We're still crippled financially being in line with FFP. Might be able to pay the tax bills though. 

The main thing is it means administration or worse is less likely.

Xia staying in charge means one of those things is inevitable.

3 minutes ago, KJT123 said:

 

By far the best source out there. Very credible. Full sale? Amazing news.

6 minutes ago, praisedmambo said:

If we get new owners maybe we can hold on to him until January. If we're near the top, keep him. If we're not, we should stop holding him back and sell him. Usually prices are so inflated in January---it might be appealing getting a Jack-type bargain.

Yeah, I agree. The only reason to sell him now would be to stop the club going out of existence. FFP doesn't come into play until March so if we do get owners who can keep the club afloat then it's well within our interest to keep him until at least January. He may have an amazing half season and his price might double.

But hopefully we can just keep him somehow.

6 minutes ago, thabucks said:

Bruce was expected to go and still is !! 

Says who?

32 minutes ago, praisedmambo said:

I'd be pissed off if I was sacked by a charlatan too, and so publicly. I save my disgust for Xia only. 

Yes, I would be too however you can't go slating him in public and potentially damage the club in the process. What if what he said affects the potential takeover and leaves us screwed? Very unprofessional. Glad he's outta here too.

3 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

If that is true, very unlikely it is Futtaim, UAE investment.

As mentioned before, BEIN is a Qatari company and you may or may not know that their is a big rift between Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt.

 

Sorry, it's not true. I saw after I posted that it was just some idiot on Twitter on a wind up.

Derek has spoken...

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6 minutes ago, TheEgo said:

Another wind up tweet, ignore

Yeah, just seen that. Morons need to get a life.

Twitter saying press conference called for 2pm tomorrow on BeIn Sports.

Salt and pinch.