Kbdrum88 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 back when Lerner was making a bid to take over at villa park there was another consortium interested in taking control led by Michael Neville, Nicholas Padfield QC, and Athole Stil does anoyone know what the wealth of this consortium or financial backing was in the region of??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 no, N.P was a front man for someone a consortium of god knows who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 They was all fronting there own consortiums, from what I remember Michael neville was just a villa fan who fancied his chances. Didn't hicks and Gillette and a group from the middle east show an intrest too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 back when Lerner was making a bid to take over at villa park there was another consortium interested in taking control led by Michael Neville, Nicholas Padfield QC, and Athole Stil does anoyone know what the wealth of this consortium or financial backing was in the region of??? if i remember correctly, they had no money at all, and were just hoping to buy the club on the assumption its value would go up (without them spending any of their own money). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I'm guessing none of the other bidders were prepared to give uncle Doug £65m and a new title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 (edited) We probably would be where Pompey currently are. Edited January 20, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Padfield was rumored to be interested again during the dark days of the houllier reign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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