HanoiVillan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 13 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Telegraph Quote The Football League are poised to begin due diligence on the proposed takeover next month and Telegraph Sport understands there are concerns over the make-up of Xia’s team. Xia will need to pass a mandatory owner and director’s test before the takeover is ratified and there are believed to be issues over the board he is hoping to put in place at Villa Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Xia: How about a free season ticket and free beer at VP? Clippit: hmmmm... let me think Edited May 26, 2016 by Deisler123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Pilchard said: Telegraph Smells like teen bullish!t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, Pilchard said: Telegraph "Telegraph understands" aka "We need more clickbait!" I think only thing which would cause concerns are criminal record etc obvious stuff, and if that's referencing Samuelson, he haven't been convicted or even charged for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Maybe they'll say it's on if you sack off samuelson - Tony bungs him a few quid, jobs a goodun. Bring on the good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 4 hours ago, Gary Thomas said: He said the team itself could be profitable if properly managed. "We believe sports teams can make profit and there are examples of that in the English Premier League already, that's why we bought [Aston Villa] - for its business potential, not as a personal indulgence." But if there's any personal motive, it's his love for the game of soccer and a loss of confidence in the Chinese soccer team, Xia said, noting with experience gained from deals such as that for Aston Villa, he hopes to help the development of the soccer industry in China. "I guess that's the only personal sentiment in this deal, if there is one," Xia said. Thats very interesting on his ultimate motivation why he bought Villa. It doesn't sound like he plans to break FFP with undercover sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) If Zlatan can pretty much cover his own 3/400,000 pw in shirt sales alone imagine the income prospects from getting a Chinese player turning out for us in the premier league. It would not be easy to get them over here but Zhang Yuning is 19, just breaking into the national team as a forward and is currently playing for Vitesse Arnhem in Holland (only played 9 games, scoring 3 goals) Pre-season tour of China with him in the team & all the shirt factories in china wouldn't be able to make enough villa shirts Edited May 26, 2016 by LakotaDakota 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: If Zlatan can pretty much cover his own 3/400,000 pw in shirt sales alone imagine the income prospects from getting a Chinese player turning out for us in the premier league. It would not be easy to get them over here but Zhang Yuning is 19, just breaking into the national team as a forward and is currently playing for Vitesse Arnhem in Holland (only played 9 games, scoring 3 goals) Pre-season tour of China with him in the team & all the shirt factories in china wouldn't be able to make enough villa shirts We're disadvantaged when it comes to work permits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: It would not be easy to get them over here but Zhang Yuning is 19, just breaking into the national team as a forward and is currently playing for Vitesse Arnhem in Holland (only played 9 games, scoring 3 goals) Nice to see you have mentioned Zhang. He is indeed a very talented player. I watched 10+ Vitesse's games in the last few months - Compared to Chelsea's top youth scorer Dominic Solanke, Zhang is as good, maybe even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Jareth said: We're disadvantaged when it comes to work permits... Not if the player has played in the top league in EU for a few years, or the transfer fee is over 10M. IMO, (ofc I am a little biased), an investment on Zhang will see huge profit (after Villa returns back to PL). But in Zhang's case it is difficult to sell him back to China with premium transfer fee. His father is a millionaire, who has said a few times in front of media that his son will not return back to Chinese super league because of money in the near future. Edited May 26, 2016 by Deisler123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 8 minutes ago, Jareth said: We're disadvantaged when it comes to work permits... He shouldn't be too far off his required points in another year or so as long as he plays most of the vitesse games including europa league ties & establishes himself in the chinese national team. If you need more than 4 points... 2 points - The value of the transfer fee being paid for the player is between the 50th and 75th % of all transfers to Premier League clubs in the previous 2 windows 2 points - The wages being paid to the player by the applicant club are between the 50th and 75th % of all the top 30 earners at the club 1 point - The player’s current club has played in the group stages or onwards of the Champions League, Europa League or the Copa Libertadores within the last 12 months and the player has played in 30% or more of the available domestic league minutes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler123 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) 16 minutes ago, LakotaDakota said: He shouldn't be too far off his required points in another year or so as long as he plays most of the vitesse games including europa league ties & establishes himself in the chinese national team. If you need more than 4 points... 2 points - The value of the transfer fee being paid for the player is between the 50th and 75th % of all transfers to Premier League clubs in the previous 2 windows 2 points - The wages being paid to the player by the applicant club are between the 50th and 75th % of all the top 30 earners at the club 1 point - The player’s current club has played in the group stages or onwards of the Champions League, Europa League or the Copa Libertadores within the last 12 months and the player has played in 30% or more of the available domestic league minutes 4 points to get the one lad below (on the left) will see a guaranteed pay-off. Arguably the best Chinese player now (24 yo) Of course the other two would do too! Edited May 26, 2016 by Deisler123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2016 28 minutes ago, Jareth said: Maybe not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 it's good that he is so determined to get us promoted in one season but I do wonder what would happen if we don't get promoted or even worse, get relegated again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 40 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: it's good that he is so determined to get us promoted in one season but I do wonder what would happen if we don't get promoted or even worse, get relegated again! If we don't get promoted I imagine he will invest and 'maybe' appoint a new manager. I assume your joking about getting relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 8 hours ago, Jareth said: We're disadvantaged when it comes to work permits... The Sunderland representative on the FA panel has no reason to block our transfers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) Major exclusive coming out at 8:30 (apparently) Edited May 27, 2016 by GENTLEMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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