Keith Wyness

[Richard E]

Recent developments have not necessarily been to Villa’s advantage.

[CT]

Oh for the strong and stable days of Lerner, Fox and co.......

FFS.

[Chris Harte]

I don't know what to make of all this.

In reality none of us do as we only have part of the story. It could be something that's ultimately minor and beyond being embarrassing is nothing to worry about, or we could be in massive massive shit.

So everything currently is going to be speculation.

Not really.
1, Today we found out that they are using unusual practices to generate cash ( discounting future transfer payments). Company’s with cash or access to credit don’t do that.
2.The CEO has been suspended.
3. The statement from the club says “ a substantial payment” not that all HMRC liabilities will be bought up to date.

And that they are 'confident' of paying it.  Not that they will.

I was confident on my first and second driving test. Fat lot of good it did me.

I was confident Saturday before last. Ditto.

[sickbeggar]

Maybe  they're just waiting to sell Grealish.

[Chris Harte]

$ panic on the streets of Birmingham, hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ...

[Smirker]

Maybe  they're just waiting to sell Grealish.

 

[ChicagoLion]

As i'm not Xia or Wyness I don't know do I. I could speculate like you are, which is exactly my point that for some reason you are disagreeing with, despite the fact you are speculating as you don't know for sure.

If they had the money to pay the outstanding they would pay it and say they are paying it.
Instead they have chosen to say they are confident of making a substantial payment.
I am not sure how much clearer it can get.

[UK Redsox]

We are going back to Villa being a football equivalent of Crossroads.  Shaking scenery unbelievable plots rooms full of divas and Benny in a woolly hat.

.....and the outdoors scenes filmed in Cheltenham. Villa are moving to Whaddon Road

[Jon Crofts]

We're in deep shit there's no denying it, when an institution say's things like it's 'confident of paying' a tax bill of unknown value you have to wonder that actually they can't put their hands on the money they need without some assistance.

I may be leaping to conclusions here but fucking hell, Xia and Co look like absolute fucking amateurs right now.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Aston Villa have suspended CEO Keith Wyness. The move comes at the same time as it`s emerged that Aston Villa are working with HMRC to resolve an unpaid tax bill. However, BBCWM understands that the suspension of Wyness and the unpaid tax bill are in no way connected. #avfc https://t.co/c7atKhy7W2

Not that WM is a great station but the beeb do have pretty high standards in reporting substantiated  facts (which is why sky often break news first)

Sky reported 'On Tuesday, Villa suspended Keith Wyness, its chief executive since 2016, amid what sources described as efforts by him to find new funding to see the club through its current funding crisis.'

So who has he been speaking to?

[sickbeggar]

yep if they haven't got the money to pay "several million pounds" in one go, i think we're gonna be seeing a few departures in the next month

[PaulWinch again]

We're in deep shit there's no denying it, when an institution say's things like it's 'confident of paying' a tax bill of unknown value you have to wonder that actually they can't put their hands on the money they need without some assistance.

I may be leaping to conclusions here but fucking hell, Xia and Co look like absolute fucking amateurs right now.

Yes what I would say is that there is nothing but bad in this, the speculation is around where it sits on the scale of bad.

[Matt Collins]

As i'm not Xia or Wyness I don't know do I. I could speculate like you are, which is exactly my point that for some reason you are disagreeing with, despite the fact you are speculating as you don't know for sure.

If they had the money to pay the outstanding they would pay it and say they are paying it.
Instead they have chosen to say they are confident of making a substantial payment.
I am not sure how much clearer it can get.

I don't think they've made a formal statement on the tax payment at all have they?

[Ads]

As i'm not Xia or Wyness I don't know do I. I could speculate like you are, which is exactly my point that for some reason you are disagreeing with, despite the fact you are speculating as you don't know for sure.

If they had the money to pay the outstanding they would pay it and say they are paying it.
Instead they have chosen to say they are confident of making a substantial payment.
I am not sure how much clearer it can get.

I don't think they've made a formal statement on the tax payment at all have they?

Nope.

[villa `cross the mersey]

With no income coming in and Xia prevented from bringing in money from China we literally do not have a pot to wee in
I assume this is why Bruce has not been consulted about finances for next season -  I wonder if the PAYE payments relating the the loanees remain unpaid? Having previously worked for the Revenue it's highly unlikely they would make such overtures unless this was a regular or cumulative debt