Vive_La_Villa Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Minority shareholder of the second most valuable sports team in the world. Probably doesn’t mean much but sounds promising. Edited June 6, 2018 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 6, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2018 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: Minority shareholder of the second richest sports team in the world. Probably doesn’t mean much but sounds promising. I'd have hoped to get a slice of that action you'd need to be a serious player - certainly sounds like a better CV than either Lerner or Tony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2018 Just want someone with football at heart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 We need someone who is a Villa fan involved somehow. We need a sustainable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted June 6, 2018 Author VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, omariqy said: We need someone who is a Villa fan involved somehow. We need a sustainable future. Villa ankle tattoo as a minimum 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I don’t care if the owners ultimate goal is money making as long as the plan is to do it via success and to make us a brand. Is that still possible in football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t care if the owners ultimate goal is money making as long as the plan is to do it via success and to make us a brand. Is that still possible in football? Not for us now. To get back to and stay in the PL will need mega bucks - the only way we will show a profit is producing and selling players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, hippo said: Not for us now. To get back to and stay in the PL will need mega bucks - the only way we will show a profit is producing and selling players. The Southampton model if you will.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 We need a owner that LIVES in the UK. Enough of these clowns that live abroad and hire idiots like fox and wyness to run the ckub. Owners need to be here to keep an eye and be involved in the club. This has I believe been the massive errors of Lerner and xia. Puttingv their trust in clowns to run and us and have shafted us over. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Must say I'm surprised by all of this. What a shock to the system. I would like us to be driven by an owner who understands the structure and culture needed to produce athletes and men of good character. Give us someone with an interest in those two qualities and we will have to worry less about money as our club will be able to compete through cohesive philosophy and proficient footballers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: We need a owner that LIVES in the UK. Enough of these clowns that live abroad and hire idiots like fox and wyness to run the ckub. Owners need to be here to keep an eye and be involved in the club. This has I believe been the massive errors of Lerner and xia. Puttingv their trust in clowns to run and us and have shafted us over. Lerner made errors and got bored. Xia was dodgy from the start. I shudder to think where he got the money to purchase us. FFP and now the rules in the china - I don't buy it - he hasn't got a pot to piss in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 (edited) Apparently Trevor Birch, an insolvency expert who has been involved with 3 other football takeovers, is involved with selling us. I don’t know anything about him, but could he be able to put together a dream consortium with Spinks and Alan McInally? Edited June 6, 2018 by DaveAV1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I'm fed up of having foreign owners, although it's not as though the last British one was any good. However is it too hard to ask to have someone who is going to be here frequently and have his finger on the pulse? Seemingly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 God, imagine Doug taking over the reigns again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, VillaAlex said: Presuming we do get taken over, where does this leave us next season? I presume we won't be able to recruit while the process goes on, which leaves next season as a write off or worse? A prospective takeover would stop any major incomings, but more importantly outgoings. They wouldn't be able to sell Jack if a sale is in process as he's such a major asset. It hopefully works in our favour. (smallest of sliver linings). I think there is also slight relaxing of FFP with regard to new owners. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 A takeover is our only hope. My worries: 1. Xia wants an unrealistic figure for the club 2. Due diligence into our finances uncovers worst than we could imagine 3. We go into admin and get taken over by someone looking to 'flip us' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mic09 Posted June 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2018 Throughout this topic and several earlier similar discussions, there seems to be a trend: ''I don't want american owners, all they care about is money' OR ''I don't want American as we had Learner'' (obviously all Americans are the same) ''I don't want Chinese, Tony failed'' (did he?) ''I want British'' ''I want someone that lives in the UK'' and my personal favourite: ''I want fans to run the club''. Fans? Are we talking about the same fans that are so fickle that they change opinions every day depending on the result of one football game? Big boys football IS a business, and we need a businessmen that wishes to invest in his brand. Who cares if the right person comes from America, Peru or Armenia? And what difference does it make if they live in the UK or if they take their private jet and visit once every few weeks? It's not like they 'run' the club; it's people like Wyness that do. So I want an owner that is able to manage and recruit successful leaders that will look after the business day to day. And unless we get someone that treats the club like a spending toy (like Man City or PSG) there will never be a river of cash flowing so we might just as well forget about that option. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Oh, and one more category that strikes me: ''I want someone that loves the club'' OR ''is passionate about Aston Villa'' If you had 100 million, would you love Aston Villa enough to spend millions on it? I highly doubt it, once again, it's a business and not a single sane business person will be parting with MILLIONS just because ''they love Aston Villa'. That's why they are successful business people, emotions do not play part. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2018 If you buy a football club you could end up with a small fortune. Provided you start with a large fortune. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 6, 2018 1 hour ago, hippo said: Lerner made a lot of errors and got taken to the cleaners by his wife. FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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