13 Oct 2013 12:24:41
Aston Villa is apparently the club which has been sounded out by Ralf Rangnick and Gerard Houllier for a possible takeover on behalf of Red Bull, whom are reportedly searching to take an established EPL team into the Champions League and make them a world-force.
The figure which Lerner is apparently holding out for is roughly the £135m figure.

1.) 13 Oct 2013
Would love this to be true

2.) 13 Oct 2013
Hi Mate
Where is this coming from?

3.) 13 Oct 2013
I started to hear something on that this morning too, I knew there was interest at the end of last season from Daryl Katz to buy Villa, but this would be an even better move in my opinion lads!

4.) 13 Oct 2013
Ok. let us not berate Lerner though, he has been a steady enough chairman. The inner conservative in me looks at other clubs who have had these takeovers promising to take them to new heights. that wee club down the road for one.

5.) 14 Oct 2013
Houllier did say he had unfinished business with villa but I do like the steady progress we are making under lambert and lerner, lerner tried with oneil and it prove nearly the ending of us in the premier league but who knows where this can lead too but I do hope if anything does happen that the young and hungry direction is one we do stick too, imagine a squad full of potential and players like ben20!

6.) 14 Oct 2013
Http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/red-bull-looking-buy-english-2366075

I heard something also about this today and I knew Houllier was involved in the Red Bull footballing element, so can be seen very likely to be true perhaps.

7.) 15 Oct 2013
I'm more than happy with how things are going and Lerner trusts Lambert and Lambert has a proper plan for success and the £7m we spent on Kozak shows Lambert has Lerner's backing to the hilt. No takeover please!

8.) 15 Oct 2013
Mixed feelings on this one, lerner has done a good job and put a lot of money into us over the years, and with lambert at the helm things are starting to look rosy as ever. I doubt they'll bring the billions that the man city owners would but if we want to get any further than mid table we do need to splash the cash. what's to say randy won't do that if we are getting the results though?

The reason randy is being more cautious with his money is because he threw millions at MON and we won nothing, then he three millions at one player in bent and we nearly got relegated.

Also if we were bought out, do we think lambert would stay as manager? Because if not then no deal, as lambert is the only manager that respects aston villa, he wants to build a team that will be successful for 10-15 years, and wants to be a part of it all.

9.) 15 Oct 2013
Well said ethAVFC! Imagine if Lerner gave Lambert money to buy more £7m-£10m players which pay off - I believe Lerner will invest when he see's the rewards again instead of Villa being a constant suction on his wallet.

10.) 15 Oct 2013
I think sentiment may be running away with us (even more so than imaginations)
Anyway, just for a minute, I am going to get way, way ahead of myself and imagine that someone like Red Bull come in with a shed load of cash which they want to spend on world class players and a truly world class manager (perhaps the Dortmund manager for argument sake)
Overall, would I be happy about that? Yes
Is Lambert the only manager who can do a good job at Villa given the right resource? No
Would I be happy if Lambert was paid off and someone like Klopp (substitute for anyone you believe to be a better manager than Lambert)came in? Honestly, Yes
Before everyone jumps on me in defending Lambert, does anyone really think he would stay if offered 3 times his wage, a massive transfer kitty and a return to Dortmund?
Anyway, before we all fall out let's not forget that this whole Red Bull thing is speculative in the extreme {Ed001's Note - Red Bull are considering West Ham and Everton first and foremost as the best options.}

11.) 16 Oct 2013
Okay mendax I see your point but at the same time, i'd rather build something very steady under a manager (lambert or not) than be bought out for the sake of bringing in a new manager every season when we don't win the league, the champions league, the FA cup and the league cup. Give me the option of being like arsenal or chelsea and i'll take arsenal every day of the week thank you.

12.) 16 Oct 2013
Hi ethAVFC. I think we are pretty much agreeing
I would love to follow the Arsenal model as well
They have just spent £42 million on one truly world class player who has transformed them
I just don't ever see that kind of thing happening under Lerner. I think the MON experience has scarred him too deeply (you can see his point)

13.) 16 Oct 2013
Everton are the team Red Bull are looking at. They want a champions league side immediately and let's be fair Everton have been on the fringe of that for some time.
Finch {Ed001's Note - they are also considering West Ham.}

14.) 16 Oct 2013
Am I the only one who will be particularly galled if they choose West Ham over us or Everton based on the fact that they are acquiring a spanking new stadium, for a fraction of what it cost to build using taxpayers money?
In effect, the rest of the countries supporters will have paid to make them a more attractive proposition.
Annoying does not come close

15.) 16 Oct 2013
From an outside point of view (not a Villa, Everton or West Ham fan) I would think West Ham are the most desirable club for that kind of takeover. They are a big club, have lots of history, world known, massive fan base, big capacity stadium (Olympic site) and to cap it all off they are a London club.

16.) 16 Oct 2013
To the poster above, we have more history than west ham, we have played on a european stage more often and more recently than west ham as well as having a huge recent fanbase in china due to our chinese casino sponsors of the last few years and the various things villa do in the community in china. Also villa park is seen by many as one of the most historic ground in the country, it has staged internationals, FA cup finals, and very recently the community shield. The only thing west ham really have that we don't is a shiny new (not all that huge) stadium and a capital city home. For me, everton would be the first choice as they are currently the closest to champions league as has already been pointed out and have a fair bit of history also.

17.) 17 Oct 2013
Everton will need an awful amount of cash simply for a new stadium before any chance of attracting top players

18.) 18 Oct 2013
Hi don't believe RL will sell, but can anyone tell me were Gary Gardner is?To me the best prospect we have.

19.) 18 Oct 2013
Gardner is on the injury list, nothing new there.

20.) 19 Oct 2013
Gardner suffered another turn on his back injury and will be back in roughly a week's time if all is fine.

21.) 19 Oct 2013
This Red Bull business is utter rubbish, written by an person and anyone who believes a word of it is deranged.
No one is ever going to pay Mr Lerner 135 million for the club anyway - a ridiculous amount of money plucked out of the air by a lunatic.
Villa fan of Great Barr.

22.) 19 Oct 2013
If bale is worth 100m then how is aston villa not worth 135m? though I do agree this is a made up ammount and that the whole thing about the takeover is a load of bull crap

23.) 21 Oct 2013
All Red Bull s--t!

24.) 25 Oct 2013
How r some people saying no to this! This could take Aston villa back into the main European trophy. Think how well lambert doing with limited supplies imagine him with umlimited amounts! This would be incredible

25.) 30 Oct 2013
It's not like the owner of red bull has asked us personally and we're saying no. We're saying no because its ridiculous speculation. We must get at least 5 takeover rumours a year. Probably from the same bloke as well

26.) 31 Oct 2013
Im saying that to the people that are saying they wouldn't want this to happen when it would be extraordinary