Quote from: saunders_heroes on June 06, 2018, 05:36:19 PMI wonder if there’s anything in this American who’s reported to be interested in buying us?How about this: This American chap offers to buy 51% of the club from Tony Xia, at the club's current value (ie much less than Xia paid), on the condition that Xia invests that money back into the club. It wouldn't be Chinese money, so there should be no problem there. Written into the deal is that when/if we get promoted again, the remaining 49% is sold at the price Xia paid (which would be much less than what it would be worth). This way Xia saves face and makes a much smaller loss, the American chap gets himself a Premier League club at a shitshambles price and we can forget this ever happened.Of course, in order to assure we were promoted we'd have to keep Jack and buy a load of old, largely shit players on massive wages have a well thought out, strategic plan that builds around a solid youth base. So that would be implemented.In the unlikely event we don't get promoted in the next couple of years, well, then we're probably going to be really in the shit. But maybe being in the shit in two years sounds infinitely more appealing than being in the shit right now.
I wonder if there’s anything in this American who’s reported to be interested in buying us?
Quote from: Pat McMahon on June 07, 2018, 11:40:51 PMQuote from: Risso on June 07, 2018, 11:27:58 PMHe really likes the Villa and hates the Blues, so he's OK by me.How do you know that Risso?A former neighbour of mine, a Hammer who dislikes their owners, told me that Jordan once said “ if I hear one more time Sullivan’s story of poor East End boy made good I’ll impale myself on one of his dildos”Take a scroll through Jordan’s Twitter feed, always having a pop and taking the piss from the noses.
Quote from: Risso on June 07, 2018, 11:27:58 PMHe really likes the Villa and hates the Blues, so he's OK by me.How do you know that Risso?A former neighbour of mine, a Hammer who dislikes their owners, told me that Jordan once said “ if I hear one more time Sullivan’s story of poor East End boy made good I’ll impale myself on one of his dildos”
He really likes the Villa and hates the Blues, so he's OK by me.
Quote from: boozey182 on June 06, 2018, 07:05:41 PMQuote from: saunders_heroes on June 06, 2018, 05:36:19 PMI wonder if there’s anything in this American who’s reported to be interested in buying us?How about this: This American chap offers to buy 51% of the club from Tony Xia, at the club's current value (ie much less than Xia paid), on the condition that Xia invests that money back into the club. It wouldn't be Chinese money, so there should be no problem there. Written into the deal is that when/if we get promoted again, the remaining 49% is sold at the price Xia paid (which would be much less than what it would be worth). This way Xia saves face and makes a much smaller loss, the American chap gets himself a Premier League club at a shitshambles price and we can forget this ever happened.Of course, in order to assure we were promoted we'd have to keep Jack and buy a load of old, largely shit players on massive wages have a well thought out, strategic plan that builds around a solid youth base. So that would be implemented.In the unlikely event we don't get promoted in the next couple of years, well, then we're probably going to be really in the shit. But maybe being in the shit in two years sounds infinitely more appealing than being in the shit right now.Could this scenario still be on the cards? Someone has given Tony (/Recon) £50 million for some shares, on the condition that the money goes back into the club to solve to immediate cashflow worries. That would explain where the money has appeared from all of a sudden, and the change to the share structure. I think..... I'm way out of my depth here!
Quote from: Matt Collins on June 07, 2018, 10:28:31 PMhttps://twitter.com/david_conn/status/1004639118343770117?s=19Thread worth a read, covers what I'm saying above about intenglibel ways in which Chinese govt controls outlow of capitalInteresting stuff.
https://twitter.com/david_conn/status/1004639118343770117?s=19Thread worth a read, covers what I'm saying above about intenglibel ways in which Chinese govt controls outlow of capital
New shirt looks nice though, if we have a team to wear it.https://mobile.twitter.com/footballlover63/status/1005001937278861313/photo/1
It does still mean that the Villa will owe Tony/Recon another £50m plus whatever he has already borrowed to get rid of him in future.
So he wont be due it then unless I'm missing something?