Dodgyknees Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 If we do go down I expect a Bullseye-esque "let's take a look at what you could've won" style announcement.Doubt it. Let's be fair here, at the moment these takeover rumours are just that - rumours. For you they are, yes. And for you I'm willing to bet. I do like a bit of Fleetwood Mac. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I see it's made the mirror. This will probably be all over the tabloids tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yep, here it is: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-wanted-200million-sale-3434294 Moxley is quite reliable from what I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ray Davis and Bob Simpson. Yeah they'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted April 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2014 That mirror piece doesn't make it sound as nailed on as some people are suggesting on teh intarwebs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ray Davis and Bob Simpson. Yeah they'll do. I'm not sure they'd be much of an improvement on Lerner. Baseball owners tend not to be too wealthy, relatively speaking, and rather hands-off and distant, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendi Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Aston Villa wanted in £200million sale to Major League Baseball owner, and Paul Lambert could go http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-wanted-200million-sale-3434294#ixzz2zNMCsjXv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 By the sounds of it it's either Villa or nobody. Maybe if we went down Lerner would cut his losses and sell us on the cheap. Allowing new owners to buy our way back into the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ray Davis and Bob Simpson. Yeah they'll do. I'm not sure they'd be much of an improvement on Lerner. Baseball owners tend not to be too wealthy, relatively speaking, and rather hands-off and distant, too. Liverpool's owner is a baseball club owner and he seems to know what he is doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 What about Guggenheim Partners who Levi mentioned in the Randy Lerner thread. They own the La Dodgers. I think they have ties with Time Warner who we recently struck some sort of deal sponsorship deal with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 If you can buy a baseball for £375 million and a football team for £200 million you must have money to spare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PieFacE Posted April 19, 2014 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 19, 2014 If you can buy a baseball for £375 million and a football team for £200 million you must have money to spare That's an expensive baseball.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Ray Davis and Bob Simpson. Yeah they'll do. I'm not sure they'd be much of an improvement on Lerner. Baseball owners tend not to be too wealthy, relatively speaking, and rather hands-off and distant, too. Liverpool's owner is a baseball club owner and he seems to know what he is doing. The way The Mirror are reporting this though, it sounds as though they think the club will be sold to a singular owner as opposed to a group or consortium like Fenway. If this baseball owner is part of a wider, wealthier group with the ambition and ideas to get Villa back on top then count me in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted April 19, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 19, 2014 I think one could be Thomas Ricketts. He runs the Chicago Cubs for his father Joe and was/is part of a consortium that bought Derby County - may have decided that he wants something bigger. Moves in the same financial circles as Randy Lerner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Could be Washington Nationals owner, Ted Lerner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 If you can buy a baseball for £375 million and a football team for £200 million you must have money to spare Not necessarily. You might be relatively loaded and be able to take on such assets as investments but that doesn't mean you will have the resources and know how to turn the teams into winning outfits on the field. Ah, I'm just a bit worried that our Randy will make a horlicks of it all when he sells us on - I have little confidence in him selling us on to the type of people we are crying out for. I hope I'm wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 When was the last time we renewed a players contract? It must have been in the summer when a bunch of players got new deals. As someone said in another thread, a reason for us not renewing Lambert's/ Albrighton's/ Gabby's contracts during the season, could be down to a possible takeover (or simply bad form and results!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 When was the last time we renewed a players contract? It must have been in the summer when a bunch of players got new deals. As someone said in another thread, a reason for us not renewing Lambert's/ Albrighton's/ Gabby's contracts during the season, could be down to a possible takeover (or simply bad form and results!) We waited until last season was over before offering new deals so it could just be Lambert's MO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 When was the last time we renewed a players contract? It must have been in the summer when a bunch of players got new deals. As someone said in another thread, a reason for us not renewing Lambert's/ Albrighton's/ Gabby's contracts during the season, could be down to a possible takeover (or simply bad form and results!) Vlaar is another one, he only signed up for a three year deal meaning he'll leave at the end of next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 This is what Levi said in the Randy Lerner thread I thought it was interesting because of the suggestion that our proposed new owners might want to base their model on Liverpool. I would say we're talking about either Texas (maybe Cuban and McNair or Jim Crane*) or maybe the LA Dodgers ownership group (the controlling partner of Guggenheim Partners, Mark Walter, other partners in Guggenheim, Hollywood producer Peter Guber, baseball and basketball executive Stan Kasten**, and Magic Johnson) or the LA Lakers ownership group, judging by the channels that those teams jointly control with Time Warner Cable (soon to merge with Comcast who own NBC who show the PL in the US...) showing AVTV content for the past several months. The Dodgers ownership group is almost a carbon copy of the Red Sox group that's currently having success with Liverpool (save for being richer than the Red Sox). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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