The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Ger Regan]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

That's a fake.

[mr underhill]

doctor, doctor give me the news!

[Percy McCarthy]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

Isn't that the same as the one dismissed as a wind-up earlier?

[Ger Regan]

This is going to become insufferable very quickly. Actually, it already is insufferable.

[kieron]

I wonder whether "Sky sources" have picked up on the fake article.

[PhilGibson]

Nonsense from our friends over in Small Heath.

http://www.that lot.com/read.php?1,2004476,2004670

[Tuscans]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

The Sky report is the same though isn't it?

[wozwebs]

link here http://guba.eastmoney.com/news,600186,386960938.html but presume fake until we hear otherwise

[Monty]

I wonder whether "Sky sources" have picked up on the fake article.

This is all very weird.

[Dave]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

Isn't that the same as the one dismissed as a wind-up earlier?

And a week old.

And an edited version of an identical wind-up article about Liverpool.

[Ron Manager]

Just searched for Tony Xia Recon Group.

No 1 hit?

I'll give you a clue. It's a news feed and it's not a Villa forum.

Tony Xia?  Wasnt he a character in Minder.

Terry McCann   He's well dodgy Arfur leave im alone
Arthur Daley. Nah sound as a pound (yen) Terry son.

[Ger Regan]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

The Sky report is the same though isn't it?

No. Sky Sports didn't name the consortium, only that Di Matteo is their preferred manager.

[Pete]

I always take sky sports news with a pinch of salt. Nothing official until pravda reports it or the BBC.

It's on the BBC site. The buyer is unnamed, but it says he's a "Chinese Businessman". It also says that Keith Wyness (ex Everton director) is being lined up as chief executive. He has contacts in China, has been spotted at VP and has recently started following Villa-related social media.

[andyh]

I wonder whether "Sky sources" have picked up on the fake article.

sky sources = Twitter !!

[Tuscans]

From a Chinese site, translated....

 Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr.Tony Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League。 Recon Group is one of the China’s largest business in the urbanisation and health and food sectors amongst other activities all over the world。 Dr。 Tony Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa / Hong Kong based Rui Kang are owned by the Chinese government and deal mainly in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products but are keen to diversify into football.

The Sky report is the same though isn't it?

No. Sky Sports didn't name the consortium, only that Di Matteo is their preferred manager.

Ok, didn't see the Sky report.