Takeover rumours

[Fergal]

We're too late with this, as Blues already have circa 1 billion fans in China.

Bet they all work on match days...

[itbrvilla]

We're too late with this, as Blues already have circa 1 billion fans in China.

Bet they all work on match days...

Bet they fuck up Beijing Casuals when they are being propa naughty.

[Malandro]

One of our Chinese teachers is Chinese and her name is Wang. Maybe she knows him. I'll e-mail her.

two wangs don't make a right

[danlanza]

It must be true.

[mrastonvilla]

There are 9 million bicycle kicks in Beijing, Doug taught them everything they know.

[Des Little]

All this talk of a chinese takeover has made me feel hungry

[Jon Crofts]

All this talk of a chinese takeover has made me feel hungry

One fart and you'll be hungry again

[danlanza]

Hope he doesn't start farting spare ribs, dangerous.

[PeterWithesShin]

Must be true, I heard Randy posted the video for Help Me Wanda on his his FB page this morning.

[Mister E]

I guess he'd know our players by their numbers - "Number 53 is great when combining with 47".

I wonder if one of the take-outs of this would be that opposing fans sing "You're just a bunch of wangers" at us?

[PeterWithe]

One of our Chinese teachers is Chinese and her name is Wang. Maybe she knows him. I'll e-mail her.

two wangs don't make a right

That's made me laugh far more than it really should.

It would be great to have a Chinese Industrialist Meglomaniac owning us, I only hope he's got a cat to stroke whilst sitting in the directors box planning to take over the world.

[supertom]

One of our Chinese teachers is Chinese and her name is Wang. Maybe she knows him. I'll e-mail her.

two wangs don't make a right

That's made me laugh far more than it really should.

It would be great to have a Chinese Industrialist Meglomaniac owning us, I only hope he's got a cat to stroke whilst sitting in the directors box planning to take over the world.

Just had an image in my head of Kim Jong Il singing "So Lonely" in Team America.

[nigel]

Picked this off another forum:

"As usual it's probably a load of rubbish, but has anyone else heard the new rumours about Villa being sold to DWG (Dalian Wanda Group), the huge Chinese consortium. They are headed by Wang Jianlin, who is apparently China's richest man. Dalian Wanda Group Corporation Limited is a conglomerate company with activities in real estate, tourism, hotels, and entertainment. The rumour, which apparently stems from a solicitor that has been acting on behalf of 'someone' at Villa Park, goes on to suggest that Dave Cameron has met with this Wang character, to discuss him pumping 3 billion into this country to invest. Perhaps someone has just put two and two together, Cameron well known for being a Villa fan, and come up with this story. Also worth a mention that the official Villa website stated in the last week that Villa's popularity in China has grown considerably. Who knows?! Anyway, thought I'd throw this out there. Anyone got any thoughts on this? As I say it's most likely a load of tosh... but it's certainly intriguing rumour."

just goes to show how this rubbish starts.

Yesterday, on another thread on this very forum:

Dalian Wanda Group is looking to invest in the UK. Maybe a football club would be a good vehicle to form a centre piece to their enterprise? Maybe in an area in need of regeneration? A potentially powerful commercial asset to have a bit of fun with? They denied being interested in Southampton but fell short of denying interest in any other club and they could easily have done so if they wanted to nip any speculation in the bud.

I'm not saying they're interested in us but, well, you never know. I do honestly believe we're up for sale in principle so it wouldn't be the strangest thing.

I think we can close this one down.

EDIT actually, I'll merge

Thanks, PW, didn't realise there was a 'take over' thread

[Pat McMahon]

If the megalomaniac Chinese industrialist has a cat he certainly won't be stroking it.

Interesting that the club say our profile is rising in China. I find that most Chinese fans know us by name but can't name a single player. I have yet to meet a Chinese Villa fan - most follow the glory teams and are happy to change colours from Real, to Barca to Bayern.

[curiousorange]

While not giving this any credence, it must only be a matter of time before a Chinese group with actual money (rather than the tips jar from a Saturday morning's perming) bids for a Premier League side.