Indeed. What land availability is there around that part of town? Would be nice to put our whole setup there: stadium, training ground, academy. Would be a massive opportunity (and yes I know it won’t happen under SISU’s watch but one can daydream).
It would likely belong to Otium Holdings Ltd which would then likely be grouped with the football club. Again, unlikely to generate “cash cow” interest on the part of SISU, they’d sooner sell it in a package with the club and get out in my opinion.
They may not have grounds to block permissions (though there will certainly be ways of delaying proceedings) but as owner of the site they can play hard-ball over sale. This was highlighted by SISU in the statement released at end of April(ish) but was not addressed by the council.
I find the new stadium inclusion quite interesting. Certainly increases the accountability of SISU knowing that if there’s no movement on this he will leave (and he seems to be the only manager they can work with!).
Heard this off a Villa supporting mate yesterday. Can’t see it myself, people around him are of the opinion that a Championship move would be better for his development.
I remember reading at the time that SISU were the council’s preferred bidder for the club (I believe there were 5 options) as they were the only party not interested in taking on stadium ownership - though I cannot find the associated article which stated this. This ties in with their short-term...
Why would they offer him a contract like that when they’ve been able to trigger an extension clause?
Besides, if they’re willing to pay him £20k a week they need their heads checking. No wonder the game’s completely gone.