777 Partners - Revised Poll Added 07/05/2024

[GoldenToffee]

Just put this to bed Premier League, ffs. The club needs to know and make plans for an alternative sale or source of emergency financing. Surely, somewhere, somebody better than these is lying in wait ready to snatch us up. Moshiri will lose a lot more if we end up relegated, so he's hardly in a position to be demanding top dollar for us. Can only be a matter of reducing his losses.

 

[maccavennie]

Just put this to bed Premier League, ffs. The club needs to know and make plans for an alternative sale or source of emergency financing. Surely, somewhere, somebody better than these is lying in wait ready to snatch us up. Moshiri will lose a lot more if we end up relegated, so he's hardly in a position to be demanding top dollar for us. Can only be a matter of reducing his losses.

11am PL confirm Everton get 10 points reinstated
12pm PL confirm they've rejected 777 takeover
1pm Everton go into administration and are docked 9 points
2pm Dyche confirms 7 1st team players have D&V and can't play tonight but the PL reject their appeals for a postponement
3pm penalty to Liverpool
4pm Evertons 2nd charge is confirmed and they're docked 6 points
5pm time for tea
6pm Mcneil trips over his right leg and sprains his left foot and is ruled out for tonight
7pm team news reads like Evertons u9s have been selected to play Palace
8pm kick off
8:10pm stadium empties as Everton find themselves 3 down in the first 10 minutes and have 2 men sent off as Keane and Godfrey try to snap each other in half
9:50pm full time Everton 1-8 Palace
11pm another penalty to Liverpool

 

[Moomin]

11am PL confirm Everton get 10 points reinstated
12pm PL confirm they've rejected 777 takeover
1pm Everton go into administration and are docked 9 points
2pm Dyche confirms 7 1st team players have D&V and can't play tonight but the PL reject their appeals for a postponement
3pm penalty to Liverpool
4pm Evertons 2nd charge is confirmed and they're docked 6 points
5pm time for tea
6pm Mcneil trips over his right leg and sprains his left foot and is ruled out for tonight
7pm team news reads like Evertons u9s have been selected to play Palace
8pm kick off
8:10pm stadium empties as Everton find themselves 3 down in the first 10 minutes and have 2 men sent off as Keane and Godfrey try to snap each other in half
9:50pm full time Everton 1-8 Palace
11pm another penalty to Liverpool

Did we have a lovely banner for Roy though?

 

[Simon Buttle]

Just put this to bed Premier League, ffs. The club needs to know and make plans for an alternative sale or source of emergency financing. Surely, somewhere, somebody better than these is lying in wait ready to snatch us up. Moshiri will lose a lot more if we end up relegated, so he's hardly in a position to be demanding top dollar for us. Can only be a matter of reducing his losses.

Tbh I don't think they actually want to pass approval on 777 but it's clear Moshiri is being fairly uncooperative and has thrown all his eggs in the 777 basket and is just sitting waiting for it to all happen. I'm not sure what power they have to tell him to really 'go and find someone else' but if they reject it the club falls on it's arse basically.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Villa getting another wealthy minority investor in the form of the former Comcast CFO, now manages a US sports fund with $6bn assets. There's clearly other investors active with Premier League enquiries out there and this is another example of long term digital media ownership of sports 'franchises' increasing. Let's hope we are seeking those out and not hedging our bets on 777 only.

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European competition authorities have given the go-ahead for a new investor to take a stake in Luxembourg-based V Sports SCS, a limited partnership which had been wholly owned by Egypt’s richest businessman, Nassef Sawiris, and American billionaire Wes Edens. V Sports is the holding company of the Birmingham football club Aston Villa, which has European ambitions.

Aston Villa wants to return to the glories of Europe’s major football competitions. Like Peter White’s goal in the Champions League final against Bayern on 26 May 1982, followed by victory in the European Super Cup against Barcelona. Even if it means paying the price, which has not often been the case in modern times.
Owned since 2019 by a tandem of billionaires--Egypt’s richest businessman, Nassef Sawiris, worth $7.2bn (including a 6% stake in Adidas, shares in Holcim and in Madison Square Garden), and the American private equity investor Wes Edens, worth $3.4bn (including $0.5bn from the sale of the investment company he set up, Fortress Investment)--Aston Villa are slowly recovering from a period of financial disaster between 2016 and 2019, under the management of the Chinese entrepreneur Tony Xia. According to our calculations, the new owners have already injected more than €150m, plus debt, into the venture.

But that’s not enough to get back into the big league. That’s why they agreed to let a new heavyweight join them in the Luxembourg holding company that owns 100% of the club, V Sports SCS: Atairos, an American strategic investment company set up in 2016, which has more than $6.5bn at its disposal. Chairman and CEO Michael J. Angelakis was media giant Comcast’s CFO, named by his peers six out of eight years as the world’s best CFO. He sits on a number of boards, including that of the oil major ExxonMobil.
“Aston Villa is a historic football club with an exceptional management team and significant growth potential,” Angelakis stated in a press release announcing the deal on 15 December 2023. “We are strong believers in the long-term global growth potential of the Premier League and Aston Villa’s men’s and women’s teams. We are excited to bring our expertise in supporting businesses in the leisure, sports, and live entertainment industries to elevate the club to even greater heights.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Atairos will become a minority partner in V Sports and its capital investment will be used primarily to fund growth and infrastructure investments, with the aim of creating material and sustainable value for AVFC and the wider V Sports network over time.
The €458m consolidated in Luxembourg includes not only the 100% stake in Aston Villa, but also other smaller investments, including a stake in Portuguese football club Vitoria Setubal.

 

[blulouie]

Villa getting another wealthy minority investor in the form of the former Comcast CFO, now manages a US sports fund with $6bn assets. There's clearly other investors active with Premier League enquiries out there and this is another example of long term digital media ownership of sports 'franchises' increasing. Let's hope we are seeking those out and not hedging our bets on 777 only.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

European competition authorities have given the go-ahead for a new investor to take a stake in Luxembourg-based V Sports SCS, a limited partnership which had been wholly owned by Egypt’s richest businessman, Nassef Sawiris, and American billionaire Wes Edens. V Sports is the holding company of the Birmingham football club Aston Villa, which has European ambitions.

Aston Villa wants to return to the glories of Europe’s major football competitions. Like Peter White’s goal in the Champions League final against Bayern on 26 May 1982, followed by victory in the European Super Cup against Barcelona. Even if it means paying the price, which has not often been the case in modern times.
Owned since 2019 by a tandem of billionaires--Egypt’s richest businessman, Nassef Sawiris, worth $7.2bn (including a 6% stake in Adidas, shares in Holcim and in Madison Square Garden), and the American private equity investor Wes Edens, worth $3.4bn (including $0.5bn from the sale of the investment company he set up, Fortress Investment)--Aston Villa are slowly recovering from a period of financial disaster between 2016 and 2019, under the management of the Chinese entrepreneur Tony Xia. According to our calculations, the new owners have already injected more than €150m, plus debt, into the venture.

But that’s not enough to get back into the big league. That’s why they agreed to let a new heavyweight join them in the Luxembourg holding company that owns 100% of the club, V Sports SCS: Atairos, an American strategic investment company set up in 2016, which has more than $6.5bn at its disposal. Chairman and CEO Michael J. Angelakis was media giant Comcast’s CFO, named by his peers six out of eight years as the world’s best CFO. He sits on a number of boards, including that of the oil major ExxonMobil.
“Aston Villa is a historic football club with an exceptional management team and significant growth potential,” Angelakis stated in a press release announcing the deal on 15 December 2023. “We are strong believers in the long-term global growth potential of the Premier League and Aston Villa’s men’s and women’s teams. We are excited to bring our expertise in supporting businesses in the leisure, sports, and live entertainment industries to elevate the club to even greater heights.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Atairos will become a minority partner in V Sports and its capital investment will be used primarily to fund growth and infrastructure investments, with the aim of creating material and sustainable value for AVFC and the wider V Sports network over time.
The €458m consolidated in Luxembourg includes not only the 100% stake in Aston Villa, but also other smaller investments, including a stake in Portuguese football club Vitoria Setubal.

Peter Whites goal

A little research please.

 

[allen]

Really struggling to see how the 777 deal is going to be waved through.

That's not wishful thinking. It just seems like a massive and obvious disaster of an entity. I'd be astonished if even the Premier League don't notice this.

 

[sam17]

Really struggling to see how the 777 deal is going to be waved through.

That's not wishful thinking. It just seems like a massive and obvious disaster of an entity. I'd be astonished if even the Premier League don't notice this.

In all seriousness, do they write about anything else?

Just looked on their homepage, there is 12 articles since the 7th Dec, of which 7 of them are about 777.

Clearly there is valid information that they are reporting about 777, but its becoming a little obsessive.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

In all seriousness, do they write about anything else?

Just looked on their homepage, there is 12 articles since the 7th Dec, of which 7 of them are about 777.

Clearly there is valid information that they are reporting about 777, but its becoming a little obsessive.

While I do appreciate their effort, you do wonder how/why they can allocate all their time and resource exclusively to 777. What's the agenda?

 

[pfim]

In all seriousness, do they write about anything else?

Just looked on their homepage, there is 12 articles since the 7th Dec, of which 7 of them are about 777.

Clearly there is valid information that they are reporting about 777, but its becoming a little obsessive.

They're just regurgitating an article from another source, this was out yesterday.

 

[dublinbluenose]

While I do appreciate their effort, you do wonder how/why they can allocate all their time and resource exclusively to 777. What's the agenda?

What happens to 777 impacts on a number of clubs in other countries, there are probably lots of pieces that are regurgitated a couple of times in different countries.

 

[Simon Buttle]

In all seriousness, do they write about anything else?

Just looked on their homepage, there is 12 articles since the 7th Dec, of which 7 of them are about 777.

Clearly there is valid information that they are reporting about 777, but its becoming a little obsessive.

Josimar is a Norwegian thing so probably just a bunch of kopites.

 

[Bungle]

Did we have a lovely banner for Roy though?

I've put a banner up outside the hospital asking him not to get sacked until Tuesday to avoid the new manager bounce they'll get

 

[The Hibbert Agenda]

Really struggling to see how the 777 deal is going to be waved through.

That's not wishful thinking. It just seems like a massive and obvious disaster of an entity. I'd be astonished if even the Premier League don't notice this.

Josimar are absolute godsends
We might (and are likely to) end up with 777 - but at least we have a real sense for just how terrible these guys are

 

[Azza]

In all seriousness, do they write about anything else?

Just looked on their homepage, there is 12 articles since the 7th Dec, of which 7 of them are about 777.

Clearly there is valid information that they are reporting about 777, but its becoming a little obsessive.

While I do appreciate their effort, you do wonder how/why they can allocate all their time and resource exclusively to 777. What's the agenda?

I'm all for exposing potentially crooked ownership of football clubs.

They've done amazing work exposing white label gambling sponsorship within football, of which we've been a 'victim' of, that other media outlets have dared not to look into.