Oh wow have skimmed through it and it looks intriguing!
I know Dr Tony Xia is like the Mark Cuban of football, guy is really all out, some are liking his interaction others not so much.
There is a massive push to sell football clubs to the Chinese. Wolves were recently bought by a Chinese, a good friend of my did the sale there, but they were offered Spurs and backed out because of land assets.
Get this 3 out of 4 big Birmingham clubs are owned by Chinese; Aston Villa, Birmingham, Wolves.
The worry I have is that Villa will become a Liverpool, living off the reputation as oppose to their product on the pitch. It's a big club based on history and location but not so much on the pitch of late.
Newcastle is so far the only complete team in Championship but they too are going through some shit with Mike Ashley, fucker is hard to deal with. My friend is trying to sell the club to other investors but Ashley is pretty stubborn fuck.
Don't be surprised to see Man Utd sold within the next few years to a Chinese group...eg Chinese State. Pool as well, don't think you'll see a lot of action from the Arab front as their home land is a small market. China or India is where these big clubs want to be.
Going back to Villa, Lecott is said he can leave on the free, which leaves Richards, Bacuna and Vertout is the last remaining guys we don't really want on the team. End of the day you have to please the fans, they are your customers and Tony Xia knows this. Installing a new Director of Scouting and also Director of Football can steady the ship a bit more. The youth set up is really really good so not too concern about that. It's just making sure the product on pitch is good enough to give the younger lads a go during cup games and such.