Popular Post rubberman Posted June 9, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2015 Please have cash. Please don't saddle us with debt. Please keep Tekkers. Please sign 4-5 other decent players. Please get this done early. Thanks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FCThat's a bit lacist.If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend.Experience says different. My wife had a (Hong Kong) Chinese colleague, who - despite having been to high school in Britain - frequently pronounced 'R's as 'L's. Edited June 9, 2015 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. Ain't nobody got time for "facts", when engaging in casual racism! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. Experience says different. My wife had a (Hong Kong) Chinese colleague, who - despite having been to high school in Britain - frequently pronounced 'R's as 'L's. One swarrow... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Wang Jianlin's only just invested a load of money into athletico Madrid in January. £32m investment for 20% stake Apparantly. He already has 3 teams in Spain that he deals with on Chinese/football matters. Makes me doubt it is actually him... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30910664 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Wang Jianlin's only just invested a load of money into athletico Madrid in January. £32m investment for 20% stake Apparantly. He already has 3 teams in Spain that he deals with on Chinese/football matters. Makes me doubt it is actually him...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30910664 Yeah but maybe he wants to own a proper club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) Possibly. Altho althletico are a top side in Spain. They had developed debt issues which he has eased. If he was interested in buying villa the ball would have been rolling since Dec/Jan at least. Buying a stake into another club isn't what I'd expect a potential buyer to be doing... Unless he's got more money than I thought and it makes no difference to him how many clubs he buys... Edited June 9, 2015 by Duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I don't think Japanese (or whoever) get their Rs and Ls mixed up it's just that the two letters happen to be interchangeable in their language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 And it's Aston Virra, Aston Virra FC That's a bit lacist. If we're going to have Chinese owners, this important point should be made and taken on board by one and all: Chinese people do NOT get confused between L and R sounds. It's a popular misconception, because Korean people and Japanese people do. I learned this recently, because there was a story in the news about Christine Kirchner, the Argentine prime minister, who made a joke about Chinese people and L and R on Twitter, and got ridiculed. Search Engine is your fliend. So no changing to virratark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) Wang Jianlin's only just invested a load of money into athletico Madrid in January. £32m investment for 20% stake Apparantly. He already has 3 teams in Spain that he deals with on Chinese/football matters. Makes me doubt it is actually him...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30910664 He wanted to buy AC Milan but they've valued themselves at €1bn. He still might buy a share in them though. He also bought a Swiss sports marketing group a couple of months ago, had his first visit there last week in fact. The fella is football crazy. Edited June 9, 2015 by samjp26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Please have cash. Please don't saddle us with debt. Please keep Tekkers. Please sign 4-5 other decent players. Please get this done early. Thanks. basicaly dont be related to carson yeoung? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Has any of his private jets been to the uk reciently ? Calling all plane spotters . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Please have cash. Please don't saddle us with debt. Please keep Tekkers. Please sign 4-5 other decent players. Please get this done early. Thanks. basicaly dont be related to carson yeoung? "so where did you make all your millions?" "i won it all in a hong kong casino" "sounds good to me..." i dubt we could go as dodgy as yeung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I heard whispers of Chen Feng being interested a few months back. Did MysteryMan know all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrUnKeNbUm Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 The only thing I want to know is.... how mental has TBAR gone this time around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David-Copenhagen Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 how rich is Chen Feng? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 how rich is Chen Feng? From what I've seen he doesn't disclose his companies profits, so nobody really knows for sure. His company owns a fair few big companies though, so I'm assuming he's worth a few billion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayoboy Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 how rich is Chen Feng? Rich http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/for-hainan-airlines-chen-feng-rise-of-resort-in-china-provides-lift-for-a-new-sky-empire/2014/05/22/d4bb7508-d9fb-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 how rich is Chen Feng? Internet article says: Chen now chairs HNA Group, a closely held global transport, logistics, retail, property, tourism and financial services empire that reported revenue of US$17.5 billion and pre-tax profits of US$837 million for 2012. Among its US$58 billion worth of assets: a New York office tower, a Spanish hotel group, a French airline and controlling stakes in 10 companies listed on the mainland and Hong Kong exchanges. "Chen's smart, brave and a gambler," says Albert Louie, founder of Hong Kong-based consulting firm A. Louie Associates, who advises foreign investors in China. "He's also politically well connected, and unlike China's internet entrepreneurs, he isn't in industries that the government might consider threatening to Communist Party control." Chen has spent more than US$3 billion on foreign acquisitions in the past six years alone. His biggest bet was the US$1.05 billion purchase in 2011 of GE Seaco, the world's fifth-biggest container-leasing company, from General Electric. Such deals would make HNA Group, if publicly traded, one of the world's top 250 companies by assets, according to data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Jack Ma is another Chinese business man who's been investing in soccer and related businesses recently. Whether he wants to expand into the UK i've got no idea. But he's another who's met with Prince William recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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