Popular Post AshVilla Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) 23 minutes ago, ramshackler said: I've emailed the Football League. Someone needs to look at this properly, especially the dangerous links to Samuelson Hilarious Did you also email Warburtons when you dropped your toast this morning and it landed butter side down? Edited May 20, 2016 by AshVilla 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 20, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Pilchard said: What I am most interested in is how they are buying the club. Is with a loan secured on the club itself, secured on something else, or straight cash like Lerner? I don't believe I've seen anything about this yet. Would this need to be confirmed on the RAL Holdings (or whatever it's called now) companies house thingy page? (You'll note I'm not an expert) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Very concerning if Samuelson is indeed involved. What we know so far does have a few similarities to the Reading takeover: Quote When Anton Zingarevich arrived at Reading, it seemed the perfect fit. Here was a wealthy, young, ambitious man who was offering to take the club to the next level just as chairman Sir John Madejski was looking to find a ‘sugar daddy’. And he had links to the area as well. He wasn’t just another foreign owner arriving in England with no direct connection to the club he was buying. In fact when the Russian came in there were stories told of the times when he used to watch Royals from the terraces of Elm Park while he was studying at Bearwood College http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/zingarevich-dream-ticket-who-turned-7207377 Edited May 20, 2016 by switters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevpants Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, YGabbana said: Some of the posts in here are ridiculous. Reading into things far too much. Chill the F out for gods sake Are you suggesting this site isn't home to the world leading financial investigators? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa89 Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, ramshackler said: I've emailed the Football League. Someone needs to look at this properly, especially the dangerous links to Samuelson I'm sure they'll jump to it now that they've seen your email. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NashVillan Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 I swear, you lot really are an extraordinary bunch. We've finally gotten in an owner who wants to rebuild our club and here some of you are moaning your backsides off. If something arises about the legitimacy of our owners its sure as heck not going to come from a fan writing to the Football League. If you truly believe Hollis didn't have bulletproof sources on our owners business background then you don't know what it takes to move up in the accounting world at a business like KPMG. He would't have sold us to a company without having done his research. His reputation is on the line here. He wouldn't just sell us to the highest bidder. He's done his homework. We have some of the biggest doommongers on this forum. Enjoy the departure of Lerner and if this all goes tits up, it goes tits up. There is nothing you can do about it from behind your keyboard. Trust the owners until they fail us or give us tangible reasons to doubt them. We need positivity on the field and off the field. That starts with supporting our owners, managers, and eventually the players bought to promote us back to the Premier League. UTV 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, NashVillan said: He's done his homework. Then why has some of that homework been shown to be false? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, ramshackler said: I've emailed the Football League. Someone needs to look at this properly, especially the dangerous links to Samuelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 Did we settle on a name for him yet? I'm just gonna go with Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Pilchard said: The Doctor We've got enough to worry about without bringing Daleks and shit in to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I too think Xia is just the front man. He's probably the only decent Chinese businessman who's a Villa fan. He probably had a word with Hollis in his shell like and said 'Xi Jinping is very supportive of this project WINK ' and Hollis was like, that concludes our business sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just now, VillaJ100 said: who's a Villa fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: Hilarious Did you also email Warburtons when you dropped your toast this morning and it landed butter side down? Warburtons? Surely that's Country Life's fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 I don't think he'd heard of Aston Villa 18 months ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 46 minutes ago, kevpants said: Are you suggesting this site isn't home to the world leading financial investigators? No, but I am suggesting that the financial times is a serious newspaper and that when they question the propriety of some bloke nobody on here had ever heard of 72 hours ago it's worth listening to what they have to say. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Not just hadn't heard of, couldn't find a damn thing about. He may as well have not existed a couple of days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I've said it already and I'll say it again that there is no reason for Samuelson to be involved if everything is above board. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 4 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: I've said it already and I'll say it again that there is no reason for Samuelson to be involved if everything is above board. No still didn't get it, could you say it again please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 11 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: No, but I am suggesting that the financial times is a serious newspaper and that when they question the propriety of some bloke nobody on here had ever heard of 72 hours ago it's worth listening to what they have to say. Has the FT actually anything that contradicts a statement from Dr T or have they contradicted something said by Villa? The statement says they are buying another four companies and that would make five. This could have been misunderstood by Villa's media team and they would be at fault, not Dr T and doesn't make him nefarious. IIRC Villa's media team don't have a great record in getting all their facts right before posting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, meme said: I'd say its 80-20 towards passing. Might be a few questions regarding his unknown background and rumours of the government taking control behind the scenes. has anyone ever failed the fit and proper person test? i think everyone passes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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