villan-scott Posted July 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Does this mean Larry Ellison isn’t coming? Those plans have been shelved. But I believe we can still loan Januzaj? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 There's an Egyptian guy who posts on another football forum I'm on (not Villa related) so just for different context I asked him for his view on Nas: " Sawiris family is hated here, especially his brother, Nagiub Sawiris. But that's not due to hating issues. Egyptian businessmen aren't going to get a club and spend on it for the sake of it like Qatar or UA. These clubs are just another business and source of money for them. I'll be surprised if he ends up actually willing to make the club good enough. " Also used Al Fayed and that mad owner at Hull as examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, VillaChris said: There's an Egyptian guy who posts on another football forum I'm on (not Villa related) so just for different context I asked him for his view on Nas: " Sawiris family is hated here, especially his brother, Nagiub Sawiris. But that's not due to hating issues. Egyptian businessmen aren't going to get a club and spend on it for the sake of it like Qatar or UA. These clubs are just another business and source of money for them. I'll be surprised if he ends up actually willing to make the club good enough. " Also used Al Fayed and that mad owner at Hull as examples. Could be right but didn’t Al Fayed pump millions in to Fulham? They are 2 small club and he turned them in to a Premier league ever present. Hull’s owners net worth is 250 million. Even then he got Hull in to the top flight twice. Also Quatari and UAE owners don’t just spend for the sake of it. They are now bringing in massive revenues at City and PSG and have worldwide status. These clubs are giants in football. I somehow fail to see the why the sawaris would want to take over a football club to try and make a few million over a short period of time. Edited July 20, 2018 by Vive_La_Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, VillaChris said: There's an Egyptian guy who posts on another football forum I'm on (not Villa related) so just for different context I asked him for his view on Nas: " Sawiris family is hated here, especially his brother, Nagiub Sawiris. But that's not due to hating issues. Egyptian businessmen aren't going to get a club and spend on it for the sake of it like Qatar or UA. These clubs are just another business and source of money for them. I'll be surprised if he ends up actually willing to make the club good enough. " Also used Al Fayed and that mad owner at Hull as examples. They are probably hated because they are Christians and have a shit load of money. Christians in Egypt only make up about 15% of the population. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 The latest figures of what football clubs are 'worth' was something like Man Utd worth £3billion, going down the table to Arsenal, Chelsea, etc worth £1billion each. My assumption is that Sawiris has seen that top clubs are worth an absolute fortune, and thinks that he could guess us into the level below Arsenal Chelsea etc, which would still be worth massive money compared to the amount he is purchasing for and even if he has to put extra money in. Basically, we are a juicy prospect for potential growth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodsBarkeep Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I hope this means Dr Xia's Villa movie will get green lit now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McParland’s Boots Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 (edited) Probably of no real significance but I notice that his younger brother has a 12% stake in Swiss side F.C. Luzern* *according to Wikipedia Edited July 20, 2018 by McParland’s Boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, McParland’s Boots said: Probably of no real significance but I notice that his younger brother has a 12% stake in Swiss side F.C. Luzern* *according to Wikipedia Probably something to do with that swiss village the family bought and turned into a major ski resort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Meanwhile, at Villa Park 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 3 hours ago, TheEgo said: We have an owner with private jets again. And we are losing one who went via Uber. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, ender4 said: The latest figures of what football clubs are 'worth' was something like Man Utd worth £3billion, going down the table to Arsenal, Chelsea, etc worth £1billion each. My assumption is that Sawiris has seen that top clubs are worth an absolute fortune, and thinks that he could guess us into the level below Arsenal Chelsea etc, which would still be worth massive money compared to the amount he is purchasing for and even if he has to put extra money in. Basically, we are a juicy prospect for potential growth. Hmmm is that not just what Xia thought. And Lerner. After throwing away so many chances we are playing catch up from miles behind with the teams mentioned after nearly a decade of calamitous mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I somehow fail to see the why the sawaris would want to take over a football club to try and make a few million over a short period of time. This all day long. If they don't mean to do something big. Why waste their time? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 The future king of England and Aston villa fan nearly had an Egyptian father in law. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I hope this is pivotal good news. Let's see where it takes us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I do always think re billionaire football ego who can be the billionaire billy big bollocks: London - the capital. Taken (Chelsea). Manchester - de facto home of top class football, disrupted by City. Taken. Birmingham - the second city. Anybody??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgo Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Spoony said: I do always think re billionaire football ego who can be the billionaire billy big bollocks: London - the capital. Taken (Chelsea). Manchester - de facto home of top class football, disrupted by City. Taken. Birmingham - the second city. Anybody??? Birmingham - Home to the team the future king supports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Just reading up on this guy. All those years of joking we wanted a rich Arab and it’s actially happened! I still can’t believe it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Is he as rich as the Wolves dude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Is he as rich as the Wolves dude? Sure is. In the same league as him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 We should take a leaf out of Wolves' book. Kept Lambert to stabilise the group which fair enough if he did, then they **** him off and got Nuno in, which sounded like it was already done and dusted long before it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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