[Football] Aston Villa receive 'significant investment' from billionaires

TomandJerry · Jul 20, 2018

Aston Villa will receive “significant investment” from NSWE, a company controlled by billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, the*Championship*club have announced.

The club’s owner, Dr Tony Xia, engaged in talks with the Egyptian group, eventually agreeing to a co-ownership model. Xia will remain on the board at Villa Park and become co-chairman.

Sawiris is worth a reported £5.2bn, according to Forbes. His co-investor, Edens, has experience in sport, as he co-owns basketball franchise the Milwaukee Bucks."

Here comes the next Man City...

Nixonator · Jul 20, 2018

TomandJerry said:
Here comes the next Man City...

Blue Valkyrie · Jul 20, 2018

Here we go again.

Easy 10 · Jul 20, 2018

According to that buffoon Xia, the Championship "isn't very hard to get out of" *

* this was said before he spent £70m+ to finish behind Preston and Brentford.

BBassic · Jul 20, 2018

I am going to laugh until my anus prolapses if they spunk more millions up the wall and miss out on promotion again.

Ernest · Jul 20, 2018

Easy 10 said:
According to that buffoon Xia, the Championship "isn't very hard to get out of" *

* this was said before he spent £70m+ to finish behind Preston and Brentford.

It isn’t ask Sunderland

el punal · Jul 20, 2018

TomandJerry said:
Aston Villa will receive “significant investment” from NSWE, a company controlled by billionaires Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, the*Championship*club have announced.

The club’s owner, Dr Tony Xia, engaged in talks with the Egyptian group, eventually agreeing to a co-ownership model. Xia will remain on the board at Villa Park and become co-chairman.

Sawiris is worth a reported £5.2bn, according to Forbes. His co-investor, Edens, has experience in sport, as he co-owns basketball franchise the Milwaukee Bucks."

Here comes the next Man City...

Bye-bye Steve Bruce. Hello Gianfranco Zola. Goodbye Gianfranco Zola. Hello Sam Allardyce. Goodbye Sam Allardyce. Hello Sven-Goran Eriksson. Goodbye Sven . . . . It’s now December 2018. :drink:

pasty · Jul 20, 2018

* Awaits John Terry to state he never wanted to leave Villa at the end of the season and would very much like a new contract thank you very much *

Perry Milkins · Jul 20, 2018

Ernest said:
It isn’t ask Sunderland

Depends how you want to get out of it..

studio150 · Jul 20, 2018

Maybe with this new money they can afford to buy some players from Aberdeen

Cadiz Seagull · Jul 20, 2018

Anybody have a spare wall they can piss it up against?

Farehamseagull · Jul 20, 2018

Can I just check, is FFP still in place? If so, what are the punishments now? Do clubs just completely ignore it now after the QPR and Bournemouth examples? Surely under the original aims of FFP, it doesn't matter how rich your owners are as you can't spend more than a certain percentage above your income.

Deleted member 18477 · Jul 20, 2018

Farehamseagull said:
Can I just check, is FFP still in place? If so, what are the punishments now? Do clubs just completely ignore it now after the QPR and Bournemouth examples? Surely under the original aims of FFP, it doesn't matter how rich your owners are as you can't spend more than a certain percentage above your income.

That’s how it should have worked... but with anything... there seems to be loopholes...

Weststander · Jul 20, 2018

They could be bought by Bill Gates, but it does not aid their immediate need under FFP to, in effect, sell players to and hugely reduce their payroll costs.

macbeth · Jul 20, 2018

For now this looks like a 'get out of jail' card for them. But we have all seen this type of thing go horribly wrong. Will be entertaining to watch it unfold, that's for sure.

Bozza · Jul 20, 2018

Farehamseagull said:
Can I just check, is FFP still in place? If so, what are the punishments now? Do clubs just completely ignore it now after the QPR and Bournemouth examples? Surely under the original aims of FFP, it doesn't matter how rich your owners are as you can't spend more than a certain percentage above your income.

Not sure how much scope they have to spend shit loads. It's done a 3-year rolling basis now, is it not? They "went for it" last season and came unstuck - can't see they have much headroom to do the same again this season.

Blackadder · Jul 20, 2018

BBassic said:
I am going to laugh until my anus prolapses if they spunk more millions up the wall and miss out on promotion again.

Anyone who ends up above Stoke and West Brom will get automatic this season.

Yep, a tall order in my opinion.

el punal · Jul 20, 2018

Blackadder said:
Anyone who ends up above Stoke and West Brom will get automatic this season.

Yep, a tall order in my opinion.

Predicting who gets promoted from the Championship these days is like predicting the winning number on a roulette wheel. There are always the usual suspects - the teams who have just been relegated from the PL, the “BIG” clubs who seem to be in the eternal Hades of the Championship, the cash splashers with foreign owners who implode within weeks.

Just take your pick, place your bets, and good luck!

Spanish Seagulls · Jul 20, 2018

It really does get more difficult season by season to get out of The Championship. That's why it's such a great league. There will hopefully always be one team who make it out by sheer hard graft & great football.

That won't be Villa.

junior · Jul 20, 2018

Dear god, i pray we don't end up back in the championship any time soon.

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