Takeover rumours

[Olneythelonely]

Whilst Randy is not everyone's cup of tea you only have to look at Leeds and Cardiff to realise there are much worse owners out there. Better the devil you know.

No thanks, I'd rather take a chance with someone else rather stick with a man that has sold nearly every decent player at the club and replaced them with inferior ones.

And here's me thinking it was the managers doing that.

If it was Randy, then you'll have to thank him for buying them all in the first place.

[Pat McMahon]

As I see it the simple truth is that if you want to own a premiership football club you have to have very deep pockets and you have to keep putting your hand in them.   There is no so-far-and-no- further to owning a premiership club.

There is a casino in Shanghai where the minimum bet is one million US dollars.   There are men and women out there with stupendous amounts of money at their disposal.  The premiership is not for the faint hearted.   There are massive amounts of money washing around in football but you have to put up the ante if you want some of it.

Interesting post Brian but there are no (legal) casinos in Shanghai. I assume the casino you refer to would be in Macau.

[Malandro]

Whilst Randy is not everyone's cup of tea you only have to look at Leeds and Cardiff to realise there are much worse owners out there. Better the devil you know.

No thanks, I'd rather take a chance with someone else rather stick with a man that has sold nearly every decent player at the club and replaced them with inferior ones.

Same here. His strategy when he arrived was to invest in quality players in order to be successful in the league. He did that and got results to some extent.

I don't buy that its all nasty Mr O'neills fault. Randy knew the transfer fees and also the wages that went with them.
What did happen was that new owners arrived, also armed with shit loads of cash and he didn't want to waste more money.

Now Randy wants us to be self-sufficient. I'd have bought that if it was his initial strategy.
He's not trying to do it for the good of the fans, he's stream lining for a sale.

Hope it works.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

[pauliewalnuts]

I like Randy Lerner, I always have.   I loved the new hope he brought to the club and respect him for it but I think he has bottled it.

What I think is sad is to compare the atmosphere in 2006, when he was quite clearly loving it, and continued to do so, with now, when he goes an entire year without going to a match.

Dress it up how you like, but that says something, really. In fact, it probably says more than the financial situation does.

[saunders_heroes]

Whilst Randy is not everyone's cup of tea you only have to look at Leeds and Cardiff to realise there are much worse owners out there. Better the devil you know.

No thanks, I'd rather take a chance with someone else rather stick with a man that has sold nearly every decent player at the club and replaced them with inferior ones.

And here's me thinking it was the managers doing that.

If it was Randy, then you'll have to thank him for buying them all in the first place.

Of course it's the managers who have sold our best players and replaced them with inferior ones. Lerner had nothing to do with it whatsoever! Ha!

[Des Little]

Is it really a year since Lerner has been to a match?

[PeterWithe]

Maybe, I know someone who had a very brief conversation with him in the summer so its not like hes not been over here at all.

[Des Little]

Maybe, I know someone who had a very brief conversation with him in the summer so its not like hes not been over here at all.

Edited, sorry!

[saunders_heroes]

Tomorrow's Mirror are saying that Lerner is NOT looking to sell the club but is looking for new fund raising ideas to help the club, including stadium naming rights. They also report the North Stand will be rebuilt.

[pauliewalnuts]

That Nursey article sounds like it is just cobbled together from shit he's read on forums.

[richtheholtender]

Tomorrow's Mirror are saying that Lerner is NOT looking to sell the club but is looking for new fund raising ideas to help the club, including stadium naming rights. They also report the North Stand will be rebuilt.

Fund raising ideas? So we can have the potential to finish 8th. What's the point? Either stick with it or sell up.

[saunders_heroes]

That Nursey article sounds like it is just cobbled together from shit he's read on forums.

Faulkner has said tonight that Lerner categorically denied he has put us up for sale. If this is true then surely sooner rather than later he has to rediscover his ambition for the club.
Well I hope so anyway.

[Monty]

That Nursey article sounds like it is just cobbled together from shit he's read on forums.

Are you suggesting that James Nursey, the HL Mencken of Villa-connected journalism, is somehow not just one big ball of integrity?

[villajk]

Randy Lerner will NOT sell Aston Villa - but may sell naming rights to Villa Park to earn club cash

Feb 02, 2014 22:30 By James Nursey 0 Comments
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The Villa owner does not want to sell the club, despite the fact he has had to scale back investment since the 2007 financial crisis

Going nowhere: Lerner will not sell Aston Villa
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Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner insists he has no plans to sell up and is looking for new fund-raising ideas to help the club.

Villa’s American chairman has scaled back investment in the club since the credit crunch struck in 2007.

The wage bill has been slashed and they only brought in two loans in the January window.

Villa have slid down the table since three successive sixth-place finishes from 2007 to 2010. Lerner, who bought Villa in 2006 for £62million, is rarely seen in Birmingham nowadays.

He sold his Cleveland Browns NFL team in 2012, but is said to be “disdainful” of reports he might also offload Villa.

Lerner is looking into selling naming rights to Villa Park to raise revenue and expanding the stadium’s North Stand.

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