dont_do_it_doug. Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Ryan. said: Long term stability, plain and simple. I don't want to be the next Leeds/Pompey/Blackpool. The waters are very muddied at the moment. The sooner we get a decent interview the better. There's a lot a miss. Edit: in terms of motive, I have no problem if they want to use us as a vehicle for exposure. My fear is what happens next given the dodgy names apparently involved. There's actually nothing "amis". There are unknowns that can only really be known by giving it time. Whilst I myself was deeply concerned before I decided to get over myself, I'm now at the stage where I can't see what the fuss is about. I don't really know what people want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I really could not care less if Dr Tony xia turned out to be from uranus and he was leading an alien invasion of birmingham.. It would be 100 times better than those charlatans lerner and krulak who couldnt organise a piss up in a brewery between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chewie Posted May 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) The Daily Mail (rubbish i know) have a decent interview with Dr Tone... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html Businessman Tony Xia is set to buy Aston Villa for a 'bargain' £74.5m Sportsmail's Nick Harris spoke to the billionaire in his Beijing home He says it's a big deal for fans but small compared to his £3.5bn US swoop Xia revealed how he became acquainted with China’s president, Xi Jinping billionaire admits Villa are not the sole object of his footballing affections His plan is to make the Aston area home to a football theme park Villa’s academy will find and nurture the best young talent in China Quote Scrutiny, he is finding out, comes as part of the package and he discloses what he will pay for Villa. Lerner, the American owner, wanted more than £100m but Xia says he has settled for £52m up front, plus Xia’s guarantee of clearing Villa’s overdraft at HSBC of £24.5m. Xia says that £74.5m is thus sitting in a ring-fenced bank account. Lerner will earn a £30m bonus if Villa return to the Premier League within three years and another £10m if they stay there for another three years after promotion. ‘I appreciate it’s a big deal for Villa fans,’ he says. ‘But actually in pure business terms, I’m working on acquisitions much bigger than this.’ He says, for example, that within months he will complete a $3.5bn takeover of a US logistics firm. Quote Xia says he has offered the manager’s job to one of three candidates in the public domain but won’t confirm which of Roberto Di Matteo, Nigel Pearson or David Moyes it is. ‘When the manager is appointed, we will discuss his budget,’ Xia adds. It is expected between £20m and £50m will be available for transfers, depending on the case made by whoever gets the job. Quote The long-term plan include a football museum and theme park to attract football tourists from China and India, and the recruitment of young Chinese players to Villa’s academy, if not as formal scholars then on exchange programmes. Things looking up in my opinion! Gotta love the Lotus Villa Park Football Theme, err, Park Quote explaining that just a few months ago he sold one of his companies, Teamax, for £430million, which is sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent, in part on Villa. http://www.txgis.com/ is this TeaMax corporate site. If Teamax is/was just a subsidiary, they are still a 16.4billion market cap company (https://www.google.com/finance?cid=700891) that big Tone personally got 430m GBP out of. So it might be safe to say, that he does have a decent amount of cash in other companies, especially larger holding companies that aren't listed publicly. Edited May 22, 2016 by Chewie Found info on Teamax 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 7 minutes ago, Chewie said: The Daily Mail (rubbish i know) have a decent interview with Dr Tone... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html Businessman Tony Xia is set to buy Aston Villa for a 'bargain' £74.5m Sportsmail's Nick Harris spoke to the billionaire in his Beijing home He says it's a big deal for fans but small compared to his £3.5bn US swoop Xia revealed how he became acquainted with China’s president, Xi Jinping billionaire admits Villa are not the sole object of his footballing affections His plan is to make the Aston area home to a football theme park Villa’s academy will find and nurture the best young talent in China Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html#ixzz49KzlL8Bg Things looking up in my opinion! That should make some people feel quite stupid 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I'll admit I'm not as worried now, it is just as it does seem things are checking out. I still insist that Samuelson is scum who should not be allowed near a football club though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 13 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: That should make some people feel quite stupid Perhaps, but only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Mike Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 The smile on my face is slowly getting bigger!!! Debts paid off, 50 million sitting there to be spent and an owner with a plan. If we can make him love AVFC we could be set for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Theme park? Wow that's a great idea. Money making too. Would that be on the land the club owns? What would it be called. Villa Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Reading that made me smile so much. This guy is legit it seems and he has cash and doesn't mind spending it. Samuelson is still a slight concern but maybe Chinese laws on money leaving the country is what he's there for, maybe he's just the right shade of dodgy that he's fine acting as a go between to get large sums of money out of the country. Underground money changing is a very common way to circumvent the strict foreign exchange laws, maybe that is Samuelson's whole reason to exist in this deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: That should make some people feel quite stupid Why? Some people have their doubts and although we all want this guy to be our saviour I think they are right to cautious until we know 100% either way. I'll be very interested to see who is our new manager, Tony Xia has said he's already knows who it is but he's holding off naming him. If he's telling the truth then it's unlikely to be RDM if he's now talking to Lazio. The DM sounds promising and if it's true then I'd say rather than feeling stupid they will be very happy. After the last 5 or so years with an owner who made mistake after mistake it's good to be talking about a new owner who is saying the right things. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Quote Xia presented us with this bank statement with a balance of £4.1bn yuan to prove his wealth ahead of the deal http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html#ixzz49KzlL8Bg Edited May 22, 2016 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted May 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, SeanO said: Why? Some people have their doubts and although we all want this guy to be our saviour I think they are right to cautious until we know 100% either way. I'll be very interested to see who is our new manager, Tony Xia has said he's already knows who it is but he's holding off naming him. If he's telling the truth then it's unlikely to be RDM if he's now talking to Lazio. The DM sounds promising and if it's true then I'd say rather than feeling stupid they will be very happy. After the last 5 or so years with an owner who made mistake after mistake it's good to be talking about a new owner who is saying the right things. Exactly SeanO. Edited May 22, 2016 by AVTuco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, sexbelowsound said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3602825/Saviour-dreamer-Sportsmail-talks-Aston-Villa-s-owner-waiting-Dr-Tony-Xia.html#ixzz49KzlL8Bg Have you looked at the thread prior to your post? lol 6.8 Billion dollars according to the googles. That may even just be personal wealth, since the article also said they were in the process of a 3.5 Billion acquisition. I'm confused as to the pound sign though. So not even sure what it is. Edited May 22, 2016 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 10 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Have you looked at the thread prior to your post? lol 6.8 Billion dollars according to the googles. That may even just be personal wealth, since the article also said they were in the process of a 3.5 Billion acquisition. I'm confused as to the pound sign though. So not even sure what it is. The pound sign was my point. Which is it? Pounds or Yuan because 1 Yuan equals 11p...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 The maths in that article don't add up. He paid £52m up front and agreed to pay off the overdraft of £24.5m. That equals £76.5m so why only ring-fence £74m? A theme park in Aston, really? Where exactly? He must be planning to buy Aston Park from the council. With the surrounding area in such a state he will do well to promote that as a tourist attraction. I really hope that this fella is trustworthy and is successful in his ownership of Villa but I do worry that he's just another dreamer like Lerner who will quickly lose interest in the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 The maths in that article don't add up. He paid £52m up front and agreed to pay off the overdraft of £24.5m. That equals £76.5m so why only ring-fence £74m? A theme park in Aston, really? Where exactly? He must be planning to buy Aston Park from the council. With the surrounding area in such a state he will do well to promote that as a tourist attraction. I really hope that this fella is trustworthy and is successful in his ownership of Villa but I do worry that he's just another dreamer like Lerner who will quickly lose interest in the club. Looking at his experience and specialism if you like, I think it's a win for Xia from all angles. He gets to own a football club he supposedly follows, gets in with the Pres' because he's supporting his footballing vision, international recognition of his main brand and has a platform to potentially win some big design and development deals in Brum (urban regeneration and, say, a theme park). I'm still cautiously optimistic, but optimistic none the less. I think most people have seen a OS error with Samuelson's name and assumed the worse. Until someone tells me categorically otherwise, I'll continue to be exited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V01 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Can't you just be excited like the rest of us? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 22, 2016 31 minutes ago, villarocker said: The maths in that article don't add up. He paid £52m up front and agreed to pay off the overdraft of £24.5m. That equals £76.5m so why only ring-fence £74m? You are being ironic aren't you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 He sounds as mad as a box of frogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YGabbana Posted May 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2016 Can't you just be excited like the rest of us? [emoji185] Think they want Lerner back mate with McLeish in charge and no budget. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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