Surprised this quote has not raised more speculation:"Even if we didn’t buy Villa, we would have entered the sports industry through other means," Xia said. “Now that we have control of Villa, we will leverage this opportunity and use it to further our business in the sports industry.” That might include a partnership with a “prestigious” French team whose controlling shareholder approached the club for a partnership, he said.
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Quote from: Dante Lavelli on March 08, 2017, 07:07:24 PMSurprised this quote has not raised more speculation:"Even if we didn’t buy Villa, we would have entered the sports industry through other means," Xia said. “Now that we have control of Villa, we will leverage this opportunity and use it to further our business in the sports industry.” That might include a partnership with a “prestigious” French team whose controlling shareholder approached the club for a partnership, he said.You mean he didn't really fall in love with us when he came to VP during his year at Cambridge and we could have been anyone? You bastard, Xia.
I hope it's Bordeaux.
Quote from: Bad English on March 08, 2017, 08:20:30 PMI hope it's Bordeaux. They're after our claret.
Quote from: LeeB on March 08, 2017, 08:24:59 PMQuote from: Bad English on March 08, 2017, 08:20:30 PMI hope it's Bordeaux. They're after our claret.There's always someone on here that is going to have a w(h)ine.