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Author Topic: The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL  (Read 2835908 times)

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5865 on: May 30, 2014, 07:33:54 PM »
If he can get and extra £20 mill I doubt very much he gives a shit who he sells to. Would you?

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5866 on: May 30, 2014, 07:34:26 PM »
If I had £250m I wouldn't care what people think. Doubt he will either
Agreed, posted the same just less eloquently.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5867 on: May 30, 2014, 07:34:38 PM »
I would.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5868 on: May 30, 2014, 07:38:21 PM »
He'll want to be remembered as a decent custodian I'm sure.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5869 on: May 30, 2014, 07:41:11 PM »
He'll want to be remembered as a decent custodian I'm sure.

Yeah, but I think he'd prefer £250m more.

If he's got a choice, I think he'd choose the bid benefit us most. But don't kid yourselves folks, money talks.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5870 on: May 30, 2014, 08:00:46 PM »
So faced with two cash offers.  One for 100m from a Cliff Richard lead consortium or 300m from This bloke who's name I keep forgetting and Trump he'll do what?

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5871 on: May 30, 2014, 08:01:07 PM »
He'll want to be remembered as a decent custodian I'm sure.

Yeah, but I think he'd prefer £250m more.

If he's got a choice, I think he'd choose the bid benefit us most. But don't kid yourselves folks, money talks.

Well we'll find out over the next few weeks, I'm confident that Lerner will sell to the right people first & foremost.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5872 on: May 30, 2014, 08:46:50 PM »
Me too. I don't think he's that motivated by money. Look at where he's spent the cash at villa - the pub, the moasaic, the training ground, forfeiting sponsorship money. They're all things that build the heritage/class of the club rather than instant success or line his pocket.

See also the Lerner wing at the national gallery.

Furthermore he already has more money than he can spend so £20-£50m probably wouldn't make that much difference to his lifestyle.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5873 on: May 30, 2014, 08:50:41 PM »
If he isn't that fussed about money how come we haven't spent much in the last year?!

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5874 on: May 30, 2014, 08:51:31 PM »
If he isn't that fussed about money how come we haven't spent much in the last year?!

The last year?!?

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5875 on: May 30, 2014, 08:52:39 PM »
...or two.

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5876 on: May 30, 2014, 08:57:36 PM »
@RobHarris: Tevfik Arif has no interest in buying Aston Villa I'm told (following reports today)

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5877 on: May 30, 2014, 08:57:50 PM »
He wasn't divorced then either

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5878 on: May 30, 2014, 08:58:33 PM »
@RobHarris: Tevfik Arif has no interest in buying Aston Villa I'm told (following reports today)

Who is he?

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Re: The Current Lack of a Takeover Thread WITH EVEN NEWER POLL
« Reply #5879 on: May 30, 2014, 09:11:20 PM »
If he isn't that fussed about money how come we haven't spent much in the last year?!

Didn't he give us £50m in the last set of accounts? He gave us a big chunk but cannot remember the number.

 


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