If you had told me 8 years ago we would be in the same position in 2014 I would have laughed at you but here we are.
To remind you that in Jan 2006 Doug Ellis appointed Rothschilds to see what was out there and it was the first indication he was going. However on July 19th David O’Leary was sacked and we had this
Aston Villa has retained Rothschild, the investment bank, to advise on “a number” of takeover bids lodged for the UK football club.
At this time Lerner was known plus if you remember Padfield, Neville and many others. Lerner ‘won’ it in the end and we all thought bright future, sadly not.
Note today Lerner’s statement said appointed Merrill to ‘advise on a sale’ ….
Well is that not the same as above, Merrill’s have not been appointed to find a buyer but finalise the sale of the club as Rothschilds did in 2006.
And Doug Ellis is still at Villa !
So, let me get this right……Villa is sold, but is not sold but have 4 offers and we will hear more between a few days and the end of NEXT season.
This is what I’m getting from these threads and social media. Bloody rumours.
Not really rumours, just discussion, which throws up possible scenarios.
Any of which could be right or wrong.
I don’t know what you’re moaning about.
If it wasn’t for this, we’d have nothing to talk about for the next couple of months, totally stupid transfer speculation apart.
At least this makes a change mate.
To be fair, if Lerner knew he wasn’t gonna be able to find a buyer, would he actually have said anything? Of course not.
But then I came across this.
http://www.myoldmansaid.com/aston-villa-takeover-buyer-confirmed/
All rumours it could be weeks, months or years before anything happens I’m afraid. Don’t be surprised to see Lerner at the helm next season but possibly with a different manager
Funniest thing is, Lambert claimed he was going to go to the dinner as he bought a 3 pound bow tie… Now he can’t.
Maybe I’m just easily amused though.
there’s a bow tie on ebay starting bid £2.95
History is also repeating itself from 2 years ago! We just about escaped relegation with 2 games to go. We have a rubbish Scottish manager that all the fans are singing to be sacked. We also cant score goals and cant stop conceding them! DEJA FUCKING VU!! haha