They want Di Matteo in also

Who?

Villa need new owners anyway

Di Matteo is a distinctly average manager, a step up from Sherwood but certainly not as good as some others that have been linked

Problems much deeper rooted than a manager though

‘Aston Villa Football Club is pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed today for the sale of 100% ownership by Randy Lerner to Recon Group owned by Dr Tony Jiantong Xia subject to the approval of the Premier League and the Football League. ‘

Once those approvals have been granted and the new board members approved under the fit & proper rules of both leagues, Dr Xia will become Chairman of Aston Villa.

The Club will announce the appointment of a new manager shortly.

Randy Lerner has sought the right new owner for Aston Villa who would take great care of the Club and restore its fortunes.

He believes that Tony Xia is an excellent choice. Recon Group is Dr Xia’s privately owned holding company that owns the controlling interest in five publicly listed companies on the Hong Kong and Chinese stock exchanges and many other private companies employing 35,000 people in 75 countries.

Dr Xia played football as a striker until he finished at college and football has remained his passion. Dr Xia decided to buy an iconic football Club in England as the cornerstone of his Sports, Leisure and Tourism Division.

He became a fan of Aston Villa many years ago and is delighted at the opportunity to become the new owner. Dr Xia’s immediate objective is to return Aston Villa to the Premier League and then to have the Club finish in the top six, bringing European football back to Villa Park. He plans to make Aston Villa the most famous football Club in China with a huge fan base.

Don't be surprised to see Villa in a red kit with their emblem replaced by a hammer and sickle next season!

I doubt it

so do i but who would have expected to see Chickens running around Ewood Park or Cardiff playing in Red or Hull City being renamed Hull Tigers

Am just happy to see something finally happen, onwards and upwards hopefully

Got a tough old job on his hands, massive work needs to be done in only a few months

I can see Norwich and Newcastle coming up, not sure on Villa, lot of rebuilding needed, could take a few seasons

all depends who goes I guess, the big buys in the summer are all on long contracts

Imagine a few of those buys will leave, some just aren't good enough either

they dont need to sell thats the thing

Guzan, Richards, Lescott, Richardson, Gabby, N'Zogbia can go and I doubt any Villa fan would give a sheite

Gil, Amavi, Traore could leave but it would be big money for them

Veretout, Gueye, Ayew I would like to see stay

Gested not fussed either way, reckon he would get goals no bother

I think we should solve this youngster issue one way or another

What about for every u19 signing we get opinions of three people to see if it's realistic or not

Say I ask for Dani ceballos, three people tell me yes or no, majority wins

If all three of those people are LSTD then I agree

As long as you keep Hutton you'll come straight back up fan

Hutton Okore Clark Amavi
Westwood G.Gardner
Sinclair Veretout Grealish
Gestede

I think that could be along the lines of the first line up

no goalkeeper is always better than Guzan

Defence looks more than strong enough for that league. Midfielde and striker nothing special

Haven't villa been trying to get rid of nzogbia for 2 years now, they are all going to be on big money, and can't see any of those listed that would get a move back up

good enough tho i reckon

I don't think it's as good as any of the teams that have came up tbh, or Hull/Brighton

definately is

Hull have Hernandez, Snodgrass. Livermore and Huddlestone. They'd all walk in that Villa side for me

There is no youngster issue Ludy, certainly no different to any other senior player.

As soon as you start to need three people to back transfers you start getting people backing people so they'll get a backing in return

Transfers stay as they are, if people complain they complain