Takeover Rumour

[DerHammer]

Can't see anything else posted on this here yet & not sure how behind the times this is but any news on this or is it Villa Bullshit again?

[pig]

I can't see anyone taking over Villa in this climate.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't know based on the apparent competancy displayed by Lerner and Faulkner, I'm sure they could be talked into exchanging the club for some magic beans.

[DerHammer]

Thanks, so Villa Bullshit it is!!

[Mazrim]

I dont know. A lot of what I see and hear makes it a possibility and then again maybe not.
There are all sorts of rumours doing the rounds.
I'm not ruling it out or depending on it. Unfortunately, I am hoping for it.

[Villanation]

Well, very good golfing bud of  mine and one of the lads of the eighties Villa side, still with on going contact with the Villa mentioned to me and I put it on here a couple of months ago that there is an interested party, that party was looking at buying another club in England, it all fell through, they turned to Villa and as far as I know RL isn't opposed to it.

That's all I know, so its not new news unless there has been other developments.

Really Randy Lerner doesn't seem to have the interest anymore, he certainly doesn't seem to have the bottomless pocket to achieve (which is hardly his fault) so if some rich Arab comes in from  Qatar Petroleum and wants Villa, so be it.

[ozzjim]

It is the only way out of another 2 years of McLeish I fear! But in the current climate there is no chance.

[Concrete John]

I think it's mainly wishful thinking.

I like Randy and have never doubted he has the very best interests on the club at heart, but he simply isn't rich enough to sustain his initial levels of investment.  He also wasn't able to capitalise on that honeymoon period to significantly increase our turnover to the point where he didn't need to.  After that you need an absolutely brilliant approach to be able to compete and the top end without a Sugar Daddy, which he again has not demonstrated.

So our only hopes of getting back to where we were is either a takeover or some master plan by Randy he's keeping under wraps at the moment.

[Villanation]

It is the only way out of another 2 years of McLeish I fear! But in the current climate there is no chance.

If its the kind of interested party like as mentioned "Qatar Petroleum" the guy that head this lot up could buy Villa and it would be like you or me buying a Mars bar, he's one of the richest Arabs out there, for what Villa would go for, he could spend that again rebuilding the squad easily and still not notice it, if that's what you mean by current climate.

[Monty]

To be honest, I don't particularly want us to become the plaything of some Near-Eastern oil magnate whose wealth is outstripped only by his ego.

[Mazrim]

Yes, to the likes of the Qataris, the climate matters not a jot. In fact, they're thriving.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

To be honest, I don't particularly want us to become the plaything of some Near-Eastern oil magnate whose wealth is outstripped only by his ego.

I do.
I wants us to be winners.
Man City, Man Utd, Blackburn have all bought it, i'd be happy to do the same.

[Concrete John]

To be honest, I don't particularly want us to become the plaything of some Near-Eastern oil magnate whose wealth is outstripped only by his ego.

I don't think that sort of takeover means you're necessarily a plaything.  The owners of Man City have just sat back and provided the money.

[Monty]

To be honest, I don't particularly want us to become the plaything of some Near-Eastern oil magnate whose wealth is outstripped only by his ego.

I don't think that sort of takeover means you're necessarily a plaything.  The owners of Man City have just sat back and provided the money.

I would say they're the exception, the takeovers of Malaga and PSG, not to mention Chelsea, have so far proved all about the wealthy investors and nothing to do with the fans.

To be honest, I don't particularly want us to become the plaything of some Near-Eastern oil magnate whose wealth is outstripped only by his ego.

I do.
I wants us to be winners.
Man City, Man Utd, Blackburn have all bought it, i'd be happy to do the same.

That's fine, just for me I don't particularly mind if Villa don't win everything. I support my club for other reasons - as do you, of course (I'm not trying to be the 'better fan' or any shite like that, don't worry) - and I wouldn't really sacrifice feeling close to my club for particular, artificial success. Of course, at the moment we are all totally disconnected, unsuccessful and chronically un-entertaining, so something really has to change.

[Stu]

That's fine, just for me I don't particularly mind if Villa don't win everything.

Winning anything would be a nice change really, its been a long time.