The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[abc123cox]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

[adrenachrome]

1/2 an hour has gone and I've had no new ITK from EC! I need the stuff man!

He gone color code yella, dude.

[Sexual Ealing]

Read some stuff on TBAR about some random arab bloke who has been tweeting about Khaled Al Baltan, who owns some Saudi club, wanting to buy us.

I google search news for his name, this is the first thing I read. Al Baltan currently owns one of the clubs mentioned, Al Shabbab

A Riyadh criminal court has sentenced a sports journalist to three months in jail, 50 lashes, a SR5,000 fine, and a ban on using Twitter for three months, for defaming the presidents of two Saudi soccer clubs on Twitter.

The court, in a preliminary verdict, found Mohammad Shanwan Al-Inizi guilty of abusing Al-Hilal and Al-Shabbab on his Twitter account.

Al-Inizi had also alleged that there was corruption and forgery taking place in Al-Shabbab’s youth administration.
Al-Shabbab’s president Khalid Al-Baltan subsequently sued Al-Inizi for defamation.

Al-Inizi said it was the right of the club to sue him, but maintained that there was a long legal process ahead because the court had issued a preliminary finding

3 months in the big house on the hill and 50 lashes for a bit of, errr, "twitter beef" as I believe the youth (and Zane Lowe) call it.

He's going to LOVE this place.

Isn't Al Shabbab the Somali terrorist organisation with a sideline in piracy? If so, I for one welcome our new pirate overlords. Thought they're not a patch on Al Feyed. Only joking, they arrr.

[pauliewalnuts]

I like the sound of that, how about HR?

I'm thinking something more respectful.

Exulted Comrade, maybe?

There's a chap on TBAR, a founding father from the barabossa valley, who "goes by" the Great White Wallnut. That's exultation, shurely?

i think that's willywombat of this parish who did a massive flounce yesterday when someone suggested "london boy" might not be the AVFC insider he claimed to be.

[abc123cox]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

Just looked them up & they are worth £500m and have a company they are part owned with £600m debt.

[PeterWithesShin]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

Just looked them up & they are worth £500m and have a company they are part owned with £600m debt.

I do know of a club in Birmingham that wants new owners who they sound perfect for.

[Witton Warrior]

Is there an expectation of another announcement when tonight's dinner is finished or are we to be left gasping like the serfs we are?

[curlytailavfc]

poundland offered us 99 deal

[ChicagoLion]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

Not happening.

[abc123cox]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

Just looked them up & they are worth £500m and have a company they are part owned with £600m debt.

I do know of a club in Birmingham that wants new owners who they sound perfect for.

I just hope this is pure shite and Randy hasn't screwed us over one last time.

[not3bad]

http://www.indianexpresssports.com/article/sports/football/aston-villa-hari-and-shyam-bhartia-set-to-buy-aston-villa/

Wtf is this??

Just looked them up & they are worth £500m and have a company they are part owned with £600m debt.

Maybe they're part of a consortium with Krispy Kreme?

[Sexual Ealing]

Why would they be so bad?

Edit: oh, the debt thing. Having said that, I'm in a lot of debt but I don't ever plan on paying it back so I feel ok.

[David_Nab]

Direct link is the only way to find that story , if you search the site it doesn't exist.Seems fake

[Billy Walker]

Blimey, I'm getting a McLeish horror flashback with this "story".

[ozzjim]

It's a wind up clearly