12 May 2014 10:10:51
No longer a rumour, Scrooge states Villa for sale. Hopefully a new owner will invest properly and not expect the manager to buy caviar with fish n chip money. Goodbye to the worst owner in AVFC history. Will PL go with him or will a new owner keep him on?

1.) 12 May 2014
How you can say he was the 'worst owner' is beyond me.
Granted, the past few years have been tough but he isn't leaving us in financial ruin like some owners do with other clubs and has had to wait a couple of years for the right buyer to take over.

2.) 12 May 2014
I think Lambert will go. I feel a bit sorry for him with the financial constraints he had to put up with, but that's football sometimes. Hopefully we get a quality new manager in who will bring the good times back to Villa Park! UTV

3.) 12 May 2014
Sorry mate you talk through your backside, this guy wasn't the worst owner. Only issue I had with him was allowing O'neil to get away with what he did and not putting it right first time when he threw his toys out the pram and walked out. I think his choice of advisors didn't help. Let's hope he sells to a worthy buyer with some idea of the game

4.) 12 May 2014
He ploughed money into it for a good few years, paying ok players silly salaries and o'neills purchases weren't good enough either so to say he's the worst owner is far from the truth.

I just hope we find a buyer soon and someone who has the best interests of the club at heart.
Finch

5.) 12 May 2014
Lets face it at 250 mil asking price its going to have to be somebody with deep pockets if want any new players aswell

6.) 12 May 2014
How can you mak e a statement about my backside? This used to be a polite site and I always suggest that you only post what you say to another posters face. Lerner He has to be the worst. He is the only owner AVFC have ever had. He has admitted that he lost interest and tha makes him the worst. Very little funding in the past couple of seasons expecting PL to take the stick for poor seasons. Why don't you give yourself a sign off so that we all know who you are?

7.) 12 May 2014
Apparently lerner is looking for a buyer in the next 6 weeks I can't see that happening for a while lambert will still be manager when the season kicks off so lerner won't want to spend money or sack lambert so I can't see much activity happening at the villa until new owner would love larry Ellison to buy the club

8.) 12 May 2014
What a load of rubbish!

How is a guy who will leave us in no debt and a brilliant infrastructure the worst owner ever!

Gotta say hope he has a nice life with his family now, you have left us in great shape randy, pitty you lost your passion.

Onwards and upwards

9.) 12 May 2014
Actually is a very good owner. No debt, raised our profile in the community and celebrated our history after Doug Ellis tried to bury it. We have a brilliant infrastructure and has actually made us much more attractive to buyers rather than just leaving when we had a whole load of massive earners. Its been a struggle but our wage bill is much more manageable now and gives a new owner a chance to come in and start almost with a clean slate but with a fantastic base from which to build.
He gave it a go but it just didn't work out. We should actually be thankful that he didn't just keep throwing a load of money at it and we ended up like Leeds.

10.) 12 May 2014
Thank you Mr Lerner for all your efforts.