NoelVilla Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The BBC decided its not news anymore than a few minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 IT's HAPPENING Is this a wind up?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 IT's HAPPENING Is this a wind up?.. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 ^ I want to know what's on the Jamie's Home Cooking tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted September 23, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2014 IT's HAPPENING Is this a wind up?.. Yes Woot?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Having a porn tab left opened on the screenshot would be far less embarrassing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chewie Posted September 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) New scoop lads, entirely legit! Edited September 23, 2014 by Chewie 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 That's clearly fake. Ellison wouldn't say 'quid'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 That's clearly fake. Ellison wouldn't say 'quid'. Damn, you got me :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Goto the url in the pic http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/29297182 and is about the virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Not sure where to put this but it sort if relates to Randy. They're could be hope yet! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29349740 Let's get a group together and do the same. Apologies mods but wasn't sure where to post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suttonpaul Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Interesting link and I support your principal. What I take issue with is this... If clubs thought they could get away with it they would do no one accepts a 49m fine if they do t have to pay it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Interesting link and I support your principal. Just as well, with teachers' salaries being what they are these days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Randy should sue UEFA over the FFP as it must have a detrimental effect on his business and hindering any sale. Im glad it's getting challenged but I don't expect anything to happen unless a current big club gets kicked out of a tournament. Liverpool look next to be sanctioned and that'll show why FFP is a joke. How can you break into the elite without spending money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 .....surely FFP in the form that it is...... is restrictive practice. I can understand their intention to protect clubs from themselves, it just seems to me a relatively simplistic approach to what is a complex subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Randy should sue UEFA over the FFP as it must have a detrimental effect on his business and hindering any sale. Im glad it's getting challenged but I don't expect anything to happen unless a current big club gets kicked out of a tournament. Liverpool look next to be sanctioned and that'll show why FFP is a joke. How can you break into the elite without spending money? Liverpool don't spend money, all there players are value for money bargainsand home grown talent....honestly don't you read the newspapers and listen to the pundits... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BkkVilla Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) I've just seen this on The Telegraph site http://goo.gl/ZRpEYZ Potential bidders for Aston Villa believe that Randy Lerner may now be willing to sell for just £100 million - half of what was thought to be the original asking price when he put the Premier League club up for sale in May and only around a third of what he has spent. Lerner had hoped to recoup £200 million for Villa but, despite tentative discussions with interested parties and the American businessman issuing another statement in July claiming the sale process had been "productive", no buyer has been found by Bank of America, which is handling the sale. The official asking price is now thought to be £150 million, and a so-called 'indicative' price is said to be £125 million. But bidders believe Lerner would be prepared to sell for as little as £100 million and understand he has to cut his losses. Given that Lerner paid £62.7 million to acquire Villa eight years ago and it was estimated that by 2010 he had pumped £206 million into the club - by now the figure is believed to be around £250 million - he will be losing a lot of money on the deal. Reform Acquisitions Limited, Lerner's holding company which owns Villa and a number of related businesses, has recorded losses of £217.7 million with last season's accounts to come. The latter are expected to show the club is now self-sufficient and, as it said in its last accounts, "closed the chapter of heavy spending". Lerner has been an extremely generous benefactor and has respected the club's traditions, although he has acknowledged he has had his fingers burnt financially. "Fates are fickle in the business of English football," he said in his statement confirming Villa were for sale. "And I feel I have pushed mine well past the limit." On the surface the deal to buy Villa looks like a good one given it is an established Premier League club with some global cache, even if it is not in London, which tends to attract far more interest as a location. Villa Park has been upgraded and has a healthy 42,700 capacity, plus a large tract of land also owned by the club. The training ground, Bodymoor Heath, is impressive and there is other property. The club's huge wage bill has been slashed and although the value of the playing staff is not high there are valuable members of it such as Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph. Manager Paul Lambert has signed a new long-term deal and a new, highly-rated chief executive, Tom Fox, is in place. Villa have also made an encouraging start to the season although the priority is to remain in the top flight. It is believed that Lerner is prepared to make more funds available in the January window after doing so in the summer in the hope of avoiding another relegation battle. He knows his chances of eventually finding a buyer, whatever the price, would decrease further if Villa are not in the Premier League. Edited September 28, 2014 by BkkVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I've just seen this on The Telegraph site http://goo.gl/ZRpEYZ Perhaps due to it being fairly lengthy and not being from a tabloid, I initially made the mistake of giving this report more credence than it should have. Closer inspection reveals it to be a collection of widely known incidental facts that have been titivated with a few 'believe' and 'said to be' lines. Might be true, might not be. How do people have the cheek to call themselves journalists and take money for this, albeit inoffensive, pap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 £100 million....incredible. It's peanuts for a football club of Villa's stature. I'd go as far to say that it puts it within reasonable range of a supporter led takeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 £100 million....incredible. It's peanuts for a football club of Villa's stature. I'd go as far to say that it puts it within reasonable range of a supporter led takeover. Perhaps we're witnessing the beginning of the PL collapse. Every bubble in history, without exception, bursts at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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