Randy Lerner makes $500m in one year

Let's hope some of it trickles into the Villa Park transfer kitty that O'Neill doesn't have/doesn't want to spend.

Forget that i wouldnt give martin no more than 5million he gets lost and confussed with 10s of millions to speand..plus he must still have some left from the last transfer window

MON could convince the likes of Messi to come to villa park given the right funds, not that we need him. All about that homegrown talent. One of few clubs in the prem who's starting 11 all have work visas.

$1.6bn is about £800m so he's loads richer than you think. It's about 2 dollars to the pound. Maybe we'll have £100m to spend next year! Maybe he'll give me a million or two as well! I'm a season ticket holder and everything...

I hope he starts buying quality players because im sure that the fans wont put up with another shambles transfer summer like the one we've just had!!

well basically i tink that randy is very cool, i wish that he would put more money into villa, get defoe, martins, glen joihnson, and d. beckham

are you sure that pound figure is correct it should be closer to £750,000,000 as the conversion rate is £1-$2???

$1.6bn is circa £800m

thats what i want to here sm 1 who has more money than he can spend making even more money, while the rest of us strugle for the price of a ticket

I think he's referring to the yearly increase as being £250k, not his overall value.

He's rich enough, and you don't stay rich by spending money just to spend it. Villa is a business, and winning equals more money for Randy and a better entertainment value for our money. I can say I've been more entertained this year. So he wants to win as it's good business, and how he goes about it is his business. I think he's done well by the fans so far, and the money spent has been MON's decision by all accounts. He certainly hasn't hurt the club, and keeping a good bottom line is something that assures the club's future, something all fans should appreciate.

We wanted a rich owner to keep up with the other clubs, and so far, he's put around $80m into players in just over a year, plus the other investments in the club. I'd say he's spending, and Villa fans are no more put upon financially than the average PL club's fans.

im aware that 1.6bn is about 800mn but when i put in that 250m i was referring to the article title and the overall jump

apologies if i didnt make that clear

Thats money in the bank, if you were to consider the wealth of his family and the controlling stake of MBNA America we are talking mega billions.

i dont think there is any controlling stake in mbna anymore .. may be wrong

As many others have said, as long as he isnt going bankrupt and puts some money into Villa i dont care about his personal fortune too much. I hope we can buy some good quality players in january if we can stay high we could hopefully convince a 15-20 goal a season man to come and then we would be a good bet for Europe.

10 points from 6 games and in 8th (i think) im happy with that. It looks as if we are making VP a hard place for teams to come and get a result. We have only lost to Liverpool at home and even that was due to a poor decision. We have beaten Fulham, Chelsea & Everton at home so i think things are looking good.

Im a very happy Villian at the moment, although the Gabby-Harewood thing looked abit worrying as did Carews injury.

UTV

fair play 2 the man as long as villa is in his best interest he will always be a Legend......


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