Isa Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Sky say that the American party are a "group of businessmen". So I guess we are looking beyond the obvious individual billionaires as we did last summer. Somebody suggested Cain Hoy who were linked to a takeover of Tottenham not that long ago. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Who could it be? 新中国的主人。也可能是美国 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrinityRoadSteps Posted June 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2015 David Cameron is heading up negations for Randy Lerner with President Xi of China negotiating for the Chinese consortium. Negotiations ongoing. Don't let him get involved. They will end up buying West Ham 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda will buy Swiss sports marketing firm Infront Sports & Media with a group of investors for $1.19bn (£780m).http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31342672 Maybe Swiss sports will be our new sponsor and we will have 780 mill to spend this summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swerbs Posted June 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2015 I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted June 8, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2015 Will there be chants of China from the stands as we did with USA when Lerner arrived? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hope we get a Chinese version of the general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 New Villa Park stewards ....and it will be made illegal for Miss Aston Villa 2015/16 onwards to shave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 The sale of Aston Villa has moved closer with the granting of exclusive negotiations to an unnamed bidder, with early favourite Paul Smith understood to be no longer in the frame. Exclusivity grants a bidder sole rights to deal with Villa's American owner Randy Lerner for up to six weeks. However, former Chelsea executive Smith has not managed to land exclusivity, BBC Sport's Pat Murphy understands. The identity of the new front-runner has been kept a close secret. Both parties have signed non-disclosure agreements. Exclusivity allows only the bidding party to submit a formal bid after due diligence. If Lerner is happy with the amount offered, then the bidder has up to six weeks to complete the deal. It means the club could now be sold before the start of the new Premier League season. Until that six-week period is over, no other interested party can get involved. Smith, who offered around £150m, could come back into the running if the exclusivity period passes without a bid being accepted by Lerner. The American was seeking a sale price of £200m when he put Villa up for sale a year ago. Lerner bought Villa for £55m in September 2006 and his financial outlay on the club is estimated at around £300 million. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33053539 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 (edited) "Right Custodians" "Cheque Cleared" Edited June 8, 2015 by kevpants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted June 8, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2015 Am I right in thinking that entering into exclusivity essentially means that Lerner has agreed a sale in all but the final checks and papers; that agreement is no longer an obstacle, only accounts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Go offline for few hours and apparently the club is bought is this real or twitter/sky nonsense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I think so Simon. Hopefully the due diligence turns out OK, and I also hope that whoever it is doesn't need 6 weeks to complete the deal, because we could do without the uncertainty during what could be a defining summer for us, whoever owns the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I hope it's true, I'd love to have a Chinese at the Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Am I right in thinking that entering into exclusivity essentially means that Lerner has agreed a sale in all but the final checks and papers; that agreement is no longer an obstacle, only accounts? It sounds like that. The key thing is that it means this is the party Lerner has chosen ahead of the others. So the others are out of the running while they try and finalise a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Fingers crossed the deals done sooner than 6 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Isnt going into due diligance not more or less dotting the i's and stroking the t's. I.e they have proved to the current proriator that they have the will and means to purchase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hmmmmmm. This seems more legitimate than the previous times its been brought up. Maybe its because so many media outlets are picking up on it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hopefully Randy has made a decision that is for the good of the club and not for the good of his pocket. He's already made a a good amount of money back if it goes through. He seems to like the club so I'm sure he'd only give us over to someone with a lot of enthusiasm and money to invest... ... Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 8, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted June 8, 2015 There has to be something in this. The way all news outlets are reporting it suggests that they all can't be trusting the word of Percy. Hmmmmmm. This seems more legitimate than the previous times its been brought up. Maybe its because so many media outlets are picking up on it? Beat me to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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