26 Apr 2016 23:43:43
If we sell to the chinese mob we'll regret it, they'd be worse than randy, for all that's decent about football, don't touch them with a barge poll., period.

1.) 26 Apr 2016
26 Apr 2016 23:51:46
The chinese have gone mad for football just because blues had a bad chairman you think there all like it? so does that mean because we have had problems with randy lerner all americans are bad owners? i think it would be great idea!

2.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 04:24:59
I hope its mr. ellison who buys us, your mate from the water margin has no interest in football, and i hope we never find out if its like that or not, swerve him double lively.

3.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 04:53:13
wang or larry would do for me. both super rich and wanting to build a winning team.

4.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 06:18:35
Now that's a dream i hope comes true, because at the moment i think unfortunately its only happening on the old playstation.

5.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 12:01:00
I actually think, the Chinese mob, or the American would be brilliant.
Both don't know how to fail
Both would throw money to get us back to prem
If was the Chinese, sales from shirts to billions of Chinese would create a revenue stream to cancel out financial fair play.
And both are so wealthy that the money it would cost to get us there could probably be found down the back of their sofas.

{Ed002's Note - The sales from shirts don't go to the club. And the shirts sold in China will not be original shirts in any case.}

6.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 12:22:31
So an Aston villa club shop, wouldn't sell original shirts, or keep profit from sales in their own shop?

{Ed002's Note - The money from shirt sales goes to the manufacturer, the distributor and the retailer, who can make extra adding numbers and names to the shirts. If the club are the retailer (club shop, club website etc.) then they get the retailers cut. The manufacturer (Adidas, Umbro, Nike etc.) pay the club an amount each year which allows them to manufacture and sell the shirts using the correct logos etc.. That is how they justify the money given to the club. So if you walk in to a high street store and buy a Liverpool or Arsenal shirt - nothing goes to the club. There are a few clubs that have negotiated different deals with manufacturers (Real Madrid with Adidas and Barcelona with Nike are the two obvious examples) based upon joint reselling ventures. So the income from shirts is fixed to the £xM or whatever Adidas, Nike etc. pay the club plus a small amount for reselling through the club retail outlets (shop, web).}

7.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 14:24:07
Ed that is the best reply to anything I have seen.
I never knew that, and has taught me something. Thank you!
I retract my point!
But stand by the idea that they are winners, and would throw money at us to get us back to the holy ground.

{Ed002's Note - And be wary that there are limits of the amount of investment that can be made without hitting FFP issues. What would be more likely for any owners, be they American, Chinese or anything else, is to look at the entire business and look to improve it.

What I suspect will happen after a change of ownership is that external help will come in to look at where the entire business is (not just the footballing side) and where it needs to get to. In order to achieve where it needs to get to there needs to be a sensible plan (stadium, academy, involvement of the community and the local authorities, football side, commercial side etc.). From a commercial perspective there will be new opportunities if a buyer arrives from a region that is on the up and relatively untapped. Also on the footballing side Aston Villa would need to inform UEFA of new investment (this has to be done by December 31) which will give a short-term buffer against FFP for the 2017/18 season. Simply looking at the football side of the business fixes very little. It would be a much bigger deal than that if it were to happen.}

8.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 15:17:39
Again, thank you ed. Blindly as a fan, hadn't thought of that side of things.

{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}

9.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 16:33:31
thanks for the explanation on the shirt sales Ed, but I think the Flacksters point underlines this in that if we sell a large amount of shirts to our new fan base given our new found global appeal, will this not give us a better bargaining stance in negotiating the kit deal?

{Ed002's Note - I think you may be running way ahead of yourself here. Think of it this way, if Richard Branson were to buy Boca Juniors in Argentina, would you suddenly become a fan and run out and buy a shirt of theirs?}

10.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 17:25:25
Will they have virgin on the front? 😳

{Ed002's Note - Absolutely.}

11.) 27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016 17:27:40
I'll have one! Lol