Tony’s Statement.

[Ads]

I think you're reading an incredible amount into him not being vocal on Twitter. He hasn't been as talkative for a while now.

[LeeS]

Anyone who buys a football club needs to have their business credentials questioned. As far as I can tell, the only person in history to make money out of owning a club was HDE.

[Chris Harte]

Usually you would dismiss all this as rubbish, but Tony has been very quick on social media to put people straight. His silence on this speaks volumes.

Well he's back in Beijing, presumably behind the big Chinese firewall. And as it's in The Sun, I still think it's horseshit.

[old man villa fan]

I think at this point in time, Xia does not want to get into a kick by kick account of what is going on. No doubt there are many away from the Club on holidays.

Would be interesting to know when they were all due to get together again.

[mattjpa]

Although this has been published in the rag, Simon Jordan hinted there are big things bubbling away behind the scenes concerning us that he could not talk about.

But how the hell would that fruitcake know anything about what's going on at Villa ?

I think its more likely that he knows of something outside of Villa, through his connections within the game. Similarly, if TX was open to the possibility of offloading, someone like Jordan would come to hear of it.
 

[Gareth]

Half a day since a national newspaper (100% a rag but one that is read, lord knows why but it is), published an article that undermines the whole ownership of the football club with no response.

The management of the football club since the final whistle at Wembley has been as bad as the management that presided over that first 45 mins....guess the money in the bank from season ticket sales allows a degree of complacency when communicating with the supporter base.

A bit of bullishness wouldnt go amiss.

Holiday is no excuse, someone is in charge.....lead!

[Ads]

You seriously think there should be a response for every bit of speculative garbage?

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Talksport have just been talking about the subject, also pointing out that there's been no word from Dr Tony.

Buckets to be passed round the Holte End in five years time to keep us afloat....?

[Gareth]

If they’d said something meaningful in the 8 days since Wembley those type of articles would have 0% credence - the radio silence makes you wonder if there is something in it, the source makes you believe there isn’t....so yes, the club needs leadership, it pays leaders very good salaries to lead so they need to manage the message.

[Ads]

But there has been word. There's been a statement.

[Gareth]

You missed the word ‘meaningful’ out of my previous post.

Statement said nothing.

[Jon Crofts]

[Clampy]

I find it hard to believe that he'd make a statement when he talks about getting back on our feet and trying again, only to think about selling up a few days later.

[David_Nab]

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/truth-behind-aston-villa-takeover-14740970

Tony Xia wants to breathe fresh life into Aston Villa and will only consider selling up as a last resort, BirminghamLive understands.

The vultures are circulating around Villa following the play-off final defeat to Fulham and potential investors believe they could purchase the club for a cut-price fee.


As many as FOUR different groups are interested in the Championship outfit, sources have told us, but Villa have received no offers at this stage.

There has also been no contact from the British-based consortium linked with a takeover bid in The Sun last night.

Meanwhile, back in China, Xia is exploring options to fund the 2018/19 campaign and help make Villa a success.

But with a limit on capital outflow, moving money out of his homeland has become increasingly difficult in recent times.

It’s one of the reasons why Villa have had to cut back in recent transfer windows.

Financial Fair Play is also another major problem. Last week we reported that Villa need to find £40million to fall in line with the regulations and it’s becoming apparent that a sale of Jack Grealish is inevitable.
The situation around Villa’s star man is sensitive.

He’s hurting as much as any fan right now after failing to win promotion back to the Premier League and faces a gut-wrenching decision about moving on.

Unusually, though, a departure might actually be the best thing for the club going forward.

Okay, so they lose their prized asset and the one die-hard fan remaining in the team.

But a transfer fee of around £30million would go some way to filling the black hole left by previous years of over-spending and the reduced parachute payments.

Villa have let John Terry and Gabby Agbonlahor go this summer and will not be able to sign any of the five loan players they had last season on permanent deals.
Xia warned of changes ahead in a carefully-worded statement last week and has since kept quiet as supporters bombard his Twitter page with questions about the future.

The Villa owner has invested around £150million in the club already following the takeover in 2016.

He considered buying other clubs in England before changing hands with Randy Lerner following relegation from the top-flight.

But it was that ‘love at first sight’ feeling that convinced him to purchase the claret and blues.

He still remains committed to Villa and wants to get the club back on the right track.

Reality has kicked in somewhat, though, following the Wembley defeat and another campaign in the Championship ahead.


That’s why potential new owners are monitoring the situation at Villa - and putting the feelers out to see whether Xia would sell.

It’s understood that selling would be an option, but only if he was able to get the money back that he paid for Villa two years ago.

For that to happen, though, Villa would need to receive a bid of around £80million and so far that hasn't been forthcoming.

Even if it was, there’s no guarantees that he would part ways after just two seasons, either.

A difficult summer lies ahead but Xia is committed to getting Villa prepared for the season ahead.

Losing Grealish - and maybe other top players - will kickstart the rebuild and then Villa can focus on what’s next.

[john2710]

It's much more likely to be a few chancers who see a possibility of making a killing and floating the idea to the press, than anything else.

Come August 4th I'd expect Dr X & Bruce to still be in place but what the squad will look like is anyone's guess.