Aston Villa successfully taken over !
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Aston Villa's board have accepted a £62.6m takeover of the club from American billionaire Randy Lerner.
A club statement on the Stock Exchange said a stake of 56.85% of majority shareholders had been secured by Lerner at 547 pence per share.
Four consortia had been linked with the club but the Villa board have recommended 44-year-old Lerner's offer to shareholders.
Doug Ellis, 82, chairman from 1968-75 and since 1982, is to stand down. -
Now Martin O'Neill can get into serious business .
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another roman?
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Congratulation to The Man Who Was Death ...... as what old man always say , at the end of the tunnel , there'll be light !
Now Villa are walking out of darkness !
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the villa fans will be happy to see doug ellis go.
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another glazer...but i hope lerner will be more like gaydamakOriginally posted by monoslayer:another roman? 
surprised to know lerner studied in england before and loves sport, as long as not like glazer can liao