DaveAV1 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: It's not as though a quarterly tax bill just happened on us, it would be known well in advance so no excuses really. Around 3 months in advance I’d hazard a guess at..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, Xela said: I don't buy (yet) that Xia is skint and a fraud. Same here. I think it’s an issue with getting funds out of China. I suspect it will all be resolved soon. Glad Wyness suspended though. That’s a start. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) 48 minutes ago, praisedmambo said: The saddest bit of this is that nobody will take our rubbish number 9 striker. 1 hour ago, MikeMcKenna said: It is worse than even that. If we are wound up and go into liquidation - we start with a 10 point deduction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration_(British_football) I was implying those are the roles Xia will be occupying come the new season Edited June 5, 2018 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 56 minutes ago, dounavilla said: Matt Scott @Matt5cott · 8m Hearing from several sources now that Aston Villa's financial difficulties are serious. This could very well lead to administration unless a buyer steps in to rescue it. Whether Xia would talk sensible numbers, though, is quite another matter. #AVFC Matt Scott had said from the beginning that our new owner had no money behind him but I like most of us didn't believe him as I assumed we had done due diligence. The next statement I want to hear from the owner is that we have paid the tax bill in full rather than that we are trying to get the OK to pay part of it. This is embarrassing for our great football club and nothing short of shameful. Show me the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Not going to jump to any conclusions just yet. Xia made some bold claims and I doubt that they were entirely hot air on his behalf. Things are obviously more complicated than I can fathom, but I highly doubt based off his behaviour that we are in a serious mess. Why I think that? Because he would have to be either very poorly informed or a complete opportunist on a gamble. I would say the latter more likely than the former, but I don't believe either to be true yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Czechlad Posted June 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2018 Mindless speculation gets us nowhere. Tony has been a great owner in his 2 years, and deserves better than this. 6 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I just can't wait til the next crisis Villa lurch into. How has it come to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, John said: Matt Scott had said from the beginning that our new owner had no money behind him but I like most of us didn't believe him as I assumed we had done due diligence. The next statement I want to hear from the owner is that we have paid the tax bill in full rather than that we are trying to get the OK to pay part of it. This is embarrassing for our great football club and nothing short of shameful. Show me the money! Well if he’s said that from the beginning he’s hardly likely to do anything other than revel in these shenanigans. It still doesn’t make it true or untrue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 We want Xia out, Dr Xia out, I just don’t think you understand, From theme park thrills to unpaid tax bills, We want Tony Xia out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: I just can't wait til the next crisis Villa lurch into. How has it come to this? We still haven't fully recovered from the many many years of wasteful spending and shit recruitment in the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 John percy reporting that trevor birch (ex ceo of leeds & insolvency expert) is working closely with us. Wonder if this has pissed wyness off and is reason for his suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, John said: Matt Scott had said from the beginning that our new owner had no money behind him but I like most of us didn't believe him as I assumed we had done due diligence. Matt Scott is a cockwomble of the highest order of cockwombles 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Think Xia does have money but not just FFP but this restriction of funds from China based people for foreign investments is going to hurt us as much as FFP. What we're seeing now is we desperately need the outside injection of 100m + from premier league and not getting it is putting us in quite a serious position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Nuremberg Villa posted a while back that he’d heard the club was skint (or Xia was). He’s not the type of poster to make stuff up and it seems his source might have been bang on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndFos Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 (edited) https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-qa-tony-xia-11383863 What happened with the 100 mill £ he had in an English bank account after taking over? Edited June 5, 2018 by AndFos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, Czechlad said: Mindless speculation gets us nowhere. Tony has been a great owner in his 2 years, and deserves better than this. Great? He just did what Lerner did when took over. An exact carbon copy of throwing money and hoping it would stick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: Think Xia does have money but not just FFP but this restriction of funds from China based people for foreign investments is going to hurt us as much as FFP. What we're seeing now is we desperately need the outside injection of 100m + from premier league and not getting it is putting us in quite a serious position. Seems like we need some cash not from China, time to sell a stake in the Villa Tony - get yourself on Dragons Den! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Jareth said: Matt Scott is a cockwomble of the highest order of cockwombles King of the cockwobbles in cockwobble on cock, cockwobble-shire, cockwobbleland. Is that the fella? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I was sceptical of Tony from the start, I hope I am wrong but something here is a bit fishy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted June 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2018 There is obviously a bottleneck somewhere with the cash and perhaps I'm being too optimistic but I genuinely think the previous owners would have done due diligence when selling. Hollis was very certain Xia was the best option. Xia would have also had to go through full KYC/CDD procedures with Villa's bankers (HSBC) in order to continue to use the banking facilities. This includes source of wealth and full background checks going right up to the UBO (I assume the parent co in China) I think it would have been very difficult for a chancer to pull this off so I'm quite confided Xia isn't a fraud. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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