The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[Small Rodent]

http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Jian-Tong-Xia-0DZ04W-E/biography/

[aj2k77]

There's quite a bit of negativity on this thread, can't we just enjoy the good news for one day?

We could become a real laughing stock if this all goes tits up, that's what worries me as much as anything.

....as opposed to the well respected and feared club we are now?

[not3bad]

There's quite a bit of negativity on this thread, can't we just enjoy the good news for one day?

We could become a real laughing stock if this all goes tits up, that's what worries me as much as anything.

....as opposed to the well respected and feared club we are now?

Yeah I was going to say, what has Lerner already turned us into?

[Bottom Right 89]

So the Dr has embellished his CV to market himself a bit hardly a criminal mastermind. I'm sure Steve Hollis and the FA are carrying out the necessary due diligence lets just wait and see.

The local rags are just jealous they thought the "shift in power" was finally going to happen and now it isn't.

[aev]

http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Jian-Tong-Xia-0DZ04W-E/biography/

He looks nothing like that photo.

[sid1964]

I wonder if our new owner will have a press conference at Villa Park, to tell us all his intentions for the club

Maybe then we could all get answers to our questions regarding his back ground, where the money is coming from to support and stabilise the club, and his hopes and ambitions!

I would prefer to hear the words from his mouth rather than reading a press release

[Bad English]

It could be we worse: our owner could be called "Mike Poon". He could then disappear off the face of the earth following a corruption scandal during the multi-million pound sale of the club.

Fortunately Mike Poon was the one who was supposed to buying Toulouse Airport instead.

Departure of CEO fails to hold back finalisation of Toulouse Airport transaction It is useful to look first at what has happened at Toulouse Blagnac Airport since the last report. The Chinese consortium known as Symbiose created a French company, Casil Europe (China Airport Synergy Investment Limited). The sale was finalised in Jul-2015 despite a challenge to the transaction due to the disappearance of Mike Poon, the CEO of Casil (and of Friedmann Pacific Asset Management, one of the Symbiose partners, the other being Shandong High-Speed.
It was considered to be such a serious turn of events that French Prime Minister Manual Valls felt obliged to ‘calm nerves’ about it as the transaction was completed early in Jul-2015, insisting that Mr Poon had only “indirect links” with the project (he was however Chief Executive), which promised investment of EUR300 million in the airport. Mr Valls added that the government did not intend to exercise an option for the sale of its remaining 10.01%.

Mr Poon had stepped down from his position as CEO of China Aircraft Leasing in Jun-2015, bringing about a sharp reduction in the share price as he became uncontactable. 

Source

[wozwebs]

SSNHQ also understands that Damien Comolli was initially touted as a possible technical director but the former director of football at Liverpool is not aware of interest and has had no contact with the Chinese consortium.

[four fornicholl]

There's quite a bit of negativity on this thread, can't we just enjoy the good news for one day?

We could become a real laughing stock if this all goes tits up, that's what worries me as much as anything.

....as opposed to the well respected and feared club we are now?

Yeah I was going to say, what has Lerner already turned us into?

Sorry gents, replace "real" with "even more of a"

[tomd2103]

So the Dr has embellished his CV to market himself a bit hardly a criminal mastermind. I'm sure Steve Hollis and the FA are carrying out the necessary due diligence lets just wait and see.

The local rags are just jealous they thought the "shift in power" was finally going to happen and now it isn't.

Yep. All up for sale, yet we are the only one bought so far and that is after one of the worst seasons in the history of the club as well.  That's got to hurt!!   

[Axl Rose]

I think we should celebrate! 
Also do doo mongers on here look at where Ramon abrohaovuch get his money from. For example. Let's enjoy this we got what we wanted and a super power is guiding villa back to big time. For me when di matteo gets in shows intent and can stress the power of China is showing

This post fills me with joy.

I lost my shit for five minutes over that post. Brilliant.

Brilliant. I absolutely love it.

Come on you Villa boys!!

[lovejoy]

There's quite a bit of negativity on this thread, can't we just enjoy the good news for one day?

We could become a real laughing stock if this all goes tits up, that's what worries me as much as anything.

Tits up as in losing 9/10 games, players on the front of newspapers, players not trying, managers deliberately sabotaging the team and finishing the season with 17 points "tits up"?

[Smirker]

It's all a little depressing that so many people since the news have committed themselves to finding out as much information in order to debunk the validity of this takeover. Or constantly taking little jabs at the Chinese. It's all a bit of shame that this is what it has come to and there's only sprinklings of positivity about what pretty much everyone wanted.

Absolutely this.

[Scott Nielsen]

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1947419/meet-tony-xia-jiantong-40-year-old-chinese-businessman-who-just

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

It's all a little depressing that so many people since the news have committed themselves to finding out as much information in order to debunk the validity of this takeover. Or constantly taking little jabs at the Chinese. It's all a bit of shame that this is what it has come to and there's only sprinklings of positivity about what pretty much everyone wanted.

Absolutely this.

Seconded.
Or should that be thirded?