Tony’s Statement.

[andyh]

If, and it’s a massive if, he is talking to interested parties, the fact that he appears to have rejected a bid(s) should not be too disheartening.
I would expect he is holding out for the best price he can get, he isn’t going to give it up for cheap.
That said, he hadn’t better scare off potential buyers.

[BoVillan esq]

If this latest bid from a European bidder met his requirements he should have accepted it, not knock it back, the sooner decision are made, the club sold, plans put in place, we can move on make plans for the coming season and hopefully turn around a dreadful summer of negativity, new buyers  in place, new manager in place, much needed new players, might keep Jack but even if that wasn't the case, useful money or we could loan him back as part the deal. he should get on with it.

[pauliewalnuts]

If this latest bid from a European bidder met his requirements he should have accepted it, not knock it back, the sooner decision are made, the club sold, plans put in place, we can move on make plans for the coming season and hopefully turn around a dreadful summer of negativity, new buyers  in place, new manager in place, much needed new players, might keep Jack but even if that wasn't the case, useful money or we could loan him back as part the deal. he should get on with it.

Given that he knocked it back, maybe it didn't meet his requirements?

Also raises an interesting question - do we want him to sell out to the first person to race with the cash around, or to wait till he gets an offer from someone who knows what they're doing?

Do we even have the luxury of time?

[sirlordbaltimore]

Also raises an interesting question - do we want him to sell out to the first person to race with the cash around, or to wait till he gets an offer from someone who knows what they're doing?

The very last thing we need right now is another clueless owner.

And even if we do get one, we're still hampered by FFP and have bills to pay right ?

They're not going to make everything better and mean we don't need to sell Jack surely ?

[kippaxvilla2]

No.

[kippaxvilla2]

Fulham got bought out by a proper billionaire but he made it clear they weren’t going to spend their way out of the division.  It’s taken them four years but it worked.  Their key was holding onto Cairney.  I fear for us if we don’t hold onto Grealish.

[BoVillan esq]

If this latest bid from a European bidder met his requirements he should have accepted it, not knock it back, the sooner decision are made, the club sold, plans put in place, we can move on make plans for the coming season and hopefully turn around a dreadful summer of negativity, new buyers  in place, new manager in place, much needed new players, might keep Jack but even if that wasn't the case, useful money or we could loan him back as part the deal. he should get on with it.

Given that he knocked it back, maybe it didn't meet his requirements?

Also raises an interesting question - do we want him to sell out to the first person to race with the cash around, or to wait till he gets an offer from someone who knows what they're doing?

Do we even have the luxury of time?

Interesting points, of course that's the risk, he claims other interested parties, he's now considering, 'Do we have the luxury of time' this is the nub of the matter, is it a case of act in haste, repent at our leisure, or should Xia, consider this point in the season and go with the realisation that we need to hit the ground running, get our campaign started, try and get out of the Championship, starting now. 

[Brassneck]

Fulham got bought out by a proper billionaire but he made it clear they weren’t going to spend their way out of the division.  It’s taken them four years but it worked.  Their key was holding onto Cairney.  I fear for us if we don’t hold onto Grealish.

We won't hold onto Grealish mate.  We have to re-think how we set up in his absence.  I believe that is 433.

[achilles]

I don't really think Xia gives a toss who he sells too as long as they have the money and he can control the club (i.e. 51%).
That is the crux of the matter.

[Fred Crump]

...and that’s about as likely to happen as Jacob Rees-Moggs vision of a successful Hard Brexit

[Clark W Griswold]

I should say he's just trying to get the best deal if there are several interested parties. I would hope that new owners would mean selling Grealish to balance the books and then raising more money from other sales for new players, Hogan and Lansbury immediately spring to mind.
Maybe next summer there would be a bit more to spend.

[boozey182]

Fulham got bought out by a proper billionaire but he made it clear they weren’t going to spend their way out of the division.  It’s taken them four years but it worked.  Their key was holding onto Cairney.  I fear for us if we don’t hold onto Grealish.

We won't hold onto Grealish mate.  We have to re-think how we set up in his absence.  I believe that is 433.

I think I've said this before, but surely the only way a new owner is going to make any money out of this deal is if they get us promoted, and the sooner the better. With that in mind, surely our best hope is to keep Jack (assuming he'll give us another year), and build a young team around him. I wouldn't have thought any business will be conducted before a sale goes through, so that buys us(/Steve Round) a bit of time to come up with a proper plan for next season. A system, a style, a plan. And a plan b for if things aren't working.

This could be a massive opportunity to start getting things right. I really hope we take this one.

[ChicagoLion]

So is there any hard evidence that he is in discussions and why would you start messing around with the share structures if you were negotiating a sale.
None of this makes sense.

[Jon Crofts]

How is it even possible we've ended up with an even more clueless charlatan than Lerner?  I have absolute zero confidence in Xia making the right choices for the good of Aston Villa in the short, medium or long term, what a fine mess you've gotten us into Tony.

[kippaxvilla2]

Didn’t Lerner wax lyrical about him when he sold up.