omariqy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: Some more good news: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/05/24/aston-villa-and-tony-xia-are-looking-like-ac-milan-with-mr-bee/#cd7204065fd9 ' I have serious doubts that the sale of Aston Villa to Tony Xia is going to happen' Whilst I have my concerns that article is a load of clickbait nonsense. No evidence to back up that claim and in fact just a re-hash of previous articles. No new evidence or information. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Exactly, nothing new in that at all - just rehashing the FT and Telegraph (raises questions) articles while conveniently ignoring the Daily Mail interview. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 (edited) If the rumours are true and Lerner had to choose between Ellison and Xia it wouldn't surprise me if the deal ran into issues. A genuine sports nut ranked 7th in the worlds rich list, or some fella no one knows anything about. Of all his stupid decisions this could rank right up there as the mother of all cock ups. Only Randolph Lerner could pick the loser in a 2 horse race consisting of Red Rum and my little pony. Edited May 24, 2016 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, hippo said: Make Moyes a salary offer he couldn't refuse ? Brilliant. We get a manager who doesnt want to be here but couldnt turn down the salary. Just the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Jareth said: Brilliant. We get a manager who doesnt want to be here but couldnt turn down the salary. Just the job. With respect the question was 'what more can he do' Id fancy our chances more with a half cocked Moyes, than a motivated RDM to be honest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2016 Just now, hippo said: With respect the question was 'what more can he do' Id fancy our chances more with a half cocked Moyes, than a motivated RDM to be honest.... Goodness me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 12 minutes ago, omariqy said: Whilst I have my concerns that article is a load of clickbait nonsense. No evidence to back up that claim and in fact just a re-hash of previous articles. No new evidence or information. Exactly, surely the Harvard thing had been answered in the Mail investigation/report, plus he seemed more than satisfied that Xia had the money to buy us and that he was telling the truth about taking over the US company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Well it better go through cause large sums of money or not if it fails and we have to keep Lerner we are heading into League One guaranteed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 1 minute ago, Daweii said: Well it better go through cause large sums of money or not if it fails and we have to keep Lerner we are heading into League One guaranteed.. Lerner has previous of underwriting £27m worth of Aston Villa losses ...........can't see Samuelson and his mates doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 23 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: Some more good news: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2016/05/24/aston-villa-and-tony-xia-are-looking-like-ac-milan-with-mr-bee/#cd7204065fd9 ' I have serious doubts that the sale of Aston Villa to Tony Xia is going to happen' If you're not able to spell the former Italian Prime Minister's name, one could almost forgive the misspelling of "Berlusconi". But to call him "Silvia" must surely undermine the credibility of the 'journalist' here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godders Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 43 minutes ago, backofthenet said: 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 You mean the same Mr. King who likely knew that Dr Xia was the preferred bidder, and left the club saying the takeover would be great news for AVFC?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 That article is written by an idiot. It's got mistakes throughout. Ignore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcwills10 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 5 minutes ago, Jareth said: Well he presented the £400milliion cheque and said theres more where that came from while also pointing out we were the equivalent of an expensive puppy in his world as he was soon to be blowing approx 45 times as much on a US company acquisition. Other than hiring a gold hot air balloon and showering the greater aston area with tenners I'm not sure what else he could say or do at this point. It does sound a little bit convenient though doesn't it.... 'Oh yes we do only own one organisation but we're in the process of buying 4 others' 'Oh yes this might be the biggest acquisition that I've ever done but next week I'm doing one for $3.5bn' I'm not a natural pessimist and I'm not trying to be negative but something is just a bit strange, there is no denying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 2 hours ago, MikeMcKenna said: Purely my opinion but it all seems so half cocked. Having said the above, I haven't yet seen any grounds for the league to deny other than possibly proof of funds. We have to assume that Hollis has this but according to one article, payment is being made in stages. I thought I read something about an initial payment of £40 million up front. If Tony Xia is a Billionaire or has access to Billions why the need for staged payment? I may be totally wrong but Tony Xia seems like a front man, with a weak back story, but I don't think for the Chinese government. In an interview he said something about not expecting so much publicity and I think he is surprised at the digging that has been done into his background. Over the years I have visited China many times on business and they are always very discreet and definitely like to keep a low profile. Somethings just don't add up. That Samuelson is involved is my main worry. Mike, I happen to have it on reliable authority that you are a reasonably successful businessman. Myself less so, but I do know that it is often prudent to agree payment terms when acquiring assets regardless of your cash flow situation. For varying reasons, some too complex for this mere mortal to care to understand. Could you tell me, for example, the most prudent way to take money out of China? What I have read is that it is a cash sum up front (£75m) and an additional sum (£25m) upon promotion. Both Hollis and Xia have stated that the deal is cash. Yes, it could go tits. But I don't think the reasons you've given are valid concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yeah the Forbes article is clickbait. At least the FT and Telegraph did a bit of digging, and the scrutiny forced Xia to respond via the Mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backofthenet Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 14 minutes ago, Godders said: You mean the same Mr. King who likely knew that Dr Xia was the preferred bidder, and left the club saying the takeover would be great news for AVFC?? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2016 7 minutes ago, avfcwills10 said: It does sound a little bit convenient though doesn't it.... 'Oh yes we do only own one organisation but we're in the process of buying 4 others' 'Oh yes this might be the biggest acquisition that I've ever done but next week I'm doing one for $3.5bn' I'm not a natural pessimist and I'm not trying to be negative but something is just a bit strange, there is no denying that. I'm just of the opinion it's one thing or another, disaster or amazeballs, 50/50. No fence warming for me. I'm on the tony xia fun bus all the way to the aston villa theme park come what may. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, Jareth said: I'm just of the opinion it's one thing or another, disaster or amazeballs, 50/50. No fence warming for me. I'm on the tony xia fun bus all the way to the aston villa theme park come what may. You certainly are.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2016 6 minutes ago, hippo said: You certainly are.... And when we get our theme park there you'll be moaning about the price of popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Just now, Jareth said: And when we get our theme park there you'll be moaning about the price of popcorn. Oh no ...you believe the themepark bit as well ? ??????/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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