11 Aug 2014 12:11:26
Villas next CEO will be Nicola Cortese former Southampton CEO
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1.) 11 Aug 2014
Wow we have a CEO! I take it he will have a few billion in his back pocket for us to have a chance of staying up this season? It's a new owner we need who cares about a CEO
2.) 11 Aug 2014
Hope this is true, as he is a football person unlike faulkner
3.) 11 Aug 2014
Oooh this is very very interesting!
4.) 11 Aug 2014
Its a rumour, nothing is confirmed.
5.) 11 Aug 2014
Cortese is not exactly a football man, he is a business man more notably a swiss banker, but this is very interesting as it signal the beginning of a takeover. With money now being spent this week on cissokho and possibly the colombian DM Sanchez this could indicate Lerner sticking to his word of spending £10-15 mil then leaving around the kick off of the new season.
6.) 11 Aug 2014
This would be the best thing for villa in a long time!
7.) 11 Aug 2014
Like this post a lot if true! New CEO new owners
8.) 11 Aug 2014
Cortese, he is the man who went and found Pottechino for Southampton, he has balls of steel because at the time the current manager was the fans favourite due to their promotion. This guy is just what we need, top class business man and exactly the right fit for CEO. Great as the bridge between the owner and management especially to getting the funds needed. He is a great operator.
9.) 11 Aug 2014
Hope this is true as surely it would mean new owners are just round the corner
10.) 12 Aug 2014
Have just read a paper (sun) and it says that any deal to sign Sanchez is off, I'd like to believe their story to be un true, and as the reporter from our game on Saturday didn't know who we were playing, as they put villa 0 Roma 0 I don't think they have a clue
11.) 12 Aug 2014
And in the Birmingham mail it's saying we are close to signing sanchez
12.) 12 Aug 2014
Well the same paper now says due to 3rd party owners the deal is close to collapse, also and seen a report we have been linked with Alex song, unless there is a takeover close we cannot afford him
13.) 12 Aug 2014
Birmingham mail claim deal stumbling due to 3rd party involvement
14.) 12 Aug 2014
I'd be interested hand on heart how much people know about him. I watched a lot of Spanish football last season including games outside the big 2, and he isn't someone that springs to mind. Columbia games were focusing on James R and not our man. I'm sure that people will be disagreeing for the sake of it, however I'd be interested peoples opinions on the above. Is this another Syilla?? It's the old saying, you get what you pay for!!
15.) 13 Aug 2014
To say you get what you pay for is ridiculous. Christian Benteke cost us 7mill and we have a top premier league player. We paid just 1 million less for Bosko Balaban and I think the less said about him the better. You can find hidden gems. let's hope this guy is one of them!!
16.) 15 Aug 2014
Sorry, could you find any other hidden gems through the archives?
17.) 16 Aug 2014
Recent years for villa.
Mark Delaney £250,000
Martin Laursen £3,000,000
Carlos Cuellar FREE
Other teams.
Patrick Viera £3.5 mill
Van Persie £3 mill
Tim Cahill £1.5 mill
Cantona £1 mill.
Shall I go on!
Also on the other side.
Andy Carroll £35 mill
Torres £50 mill
Veron £28 mill
So as you can see, you don't get what u pay for!! FACT
18.) 17 Aug 2014
Cuellar cost us about 7m MON signed him?