The Takeover Thread - Recon Group - NOW WITH NEW POLL

[eamonn]

I will only be happy when I see a picture of Dr X naked in an Olympic swimming pool full of cash. Not for confirmation of his riches, it's just that I'm strange like that.

Swimming in it Scrooge McDuck style.

[Percy McCarthy]

'Xia has been engaged day and night to prove he has the necessary funds to support his business plan and league officials have seen evidence of over £500m in his English-based bank accounts.'

Where's that quote from?

[Toronto Villa]

'Xia has been engaged day and night to prove he has the necessary funds to support his business plan and league officials have seen evidence of over £500m in his English-based bank accounts.'

Where's that quote from?

It was written by that dopey dobber Gregg Evans.

[not3bad]

According to this we're going to see departures before arrivals this Summer.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/06/10/report-outlines-roberto-di-matteos-main-priority-at-aston-villa/?

[PeterWithe]

'Xia has been engaged day and night to prove he has the necessary funds to support his business plan and league officials have seen evidence of over £500m in his English-based bank accounts.'

It takes me that long to long on to my internet banking as well.

[Edvard Remberg]

Uhhh...I just googled compelling

"compelling evidence"
synonyms:   convincing, persuasive, cogent, irresistible, powerful, strong, weighty, plausible, credible, sound, valid, telling, conclusive, irrefutable, unanswerable

[Chris Smith]

According to this we're going to see departures before arrivals this Summer.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/06/10/report-outlines-roberto-di-matteos-main-priority-at-aston-villa/?

Surely that is only common sense. I know we would like to see rid of them all but unfortunately that isn't going to happen so he is going need a bit of time to assess what he is going to be left with.

[Toronto Villa]

I would imagine signings will be made if the targets being pursued become available and it isn't a hard rule that players have to go first before the first signing can be made.

[Chris Smith]

I would imagine signings will be made if the targets being pursued become available and it isn't a hard rule that players have to go first before the first signing can be made.

No, but I don't think we are going to be in a position to have, as an example, 6 centre backs on the books.  He will surely need to know that he can get people out the door first

[alan_clarke]

According to this we're going to see departures before arrivals this Summer.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/06/10/report-outlines-roberto-di-matteos-main-priority-at-aston-villa/?

That's fine by me - this is the first time in a while I'm more excited about who we can get rid off than who we bring in!

[chrisf]

Xia will meet with Football League officials in London on Monday to agree the deal and is set to be confirmed as Villa’s new owner after providing “compelling evidence” of funds.

Compelling evidence? Is that the best he could do?

This stinks more and more.

Very worried now.

Is there any better evidence than compelling?

Concrete

Cast iron.

Adamantium, like Wolverine's claws.

Xia couldn't provide proper evidence like concrete or cast-iron evidence could he? No just his poxy compelling evidence. Clearly a chancer.  <- Joking

My jokes never work on here but to be fair when he provided compelling evidence to the journo the other week (showed him a copy of the bank transfer) there were plenty here who still didn't believe he had the cash.

[chrisf]

Compelling evidence

Now that's proper evidence not like that compelling shit.

[mr underhill]

only if it's real.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Well it's a real photo, compelling enough?

[chrisf]

My jokes never work on here ...

I've had a good chuckle at the responses though.