[老闆] Aston Villa live the American dream …

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Aston Villa live the American dream with Randy Lerner - Unlike Malcom Glazer, Aston Villa's US owner has not loaded his club with debt and is loved by the fans (Posted by David Conn, Wednesday 27 January 2010 00.05 GMT ,The Guardian) http://0rz.tw/V2PTr When Manchester United had Cristiano Ronaldo, the Premier League title and a plane booked to the Champions League final last May, nobody, surely, would have predicted that qualifying for this season's Carling Cup final would be more important to the Reds than to the buffed-up Blues from across the city. If Sir Alex Ferguson's team fail tonight to overturn City's 2-1 first-leg lead, the Old Trafford crowd, growling with resentment at the ￡716m debt mountain imposed on the club by the Glazer family, will erupt into renewed revolt. 去年五月, 當曼徹斯特聯隊擁有C羅, 英超冠軍, 以及飛往歐冠冠軍賽的機票時, 沒有人想得到這個球季參加聯賽盃決賽的資格, 居然對曼聯會比對城市另外一邊那個淺藍色球隊還要重要的多。如果佛格森的球隊在這個晚上, 不能扳回第一場比賽落後一球的劣勢, 那些塞在老特拉福, 對著Glazer家族帶給曼聯七億多元負債咆哮的球迷, 可能會興起另一次的暴動。 A benign contrast to United's wretched, leveraged US takeover is already at Wembley, waiting quietly for the outcome: Aston Villa, through to their first major final for a decade. Whereas United fans have been unfurling "Love United, Hate Glazer" banners and calling for action from a reluctant government, or silent Football Association, the Villa fans who swarmed on to the pitch in celebration after their club's second-leg romp against Blackburn have elevated their US owner to a status approaching love. 與曼聯目前的處境一個良善的對比, 有手腕的另一個美國老板已經在溫布里靜靜的等待著結果-這是已經超過十年第一次打到決賽的阿斯頓維拉。當曼聯球迷已經憤怒的拉開"愛曼聯, 恨Glazer"的標語呼籲遲鈍的英國足總快採取行動的時候, 那些在上週打敗布萊克本一窩蜂衝進維拉公園球場的維拉球迷們, 已經把他們的美國老板的地位提到到一種近乎愛的程度。 One of Randy Lerner's many shrewd touches, less-heralded than supporting Martin O'Neill to build a fine young team, was to match the Aston Villa Supporters Trust's fund-raising and commission a statue of William McGregor, the Villa chairman who in 1888 conceived the idea of the Football League. In the hearts and minds of many Villa fans in 2010, Lerner, in contrast to Doug Ellis who preceded him, is already worthy of comparison with a founding father of football. 其中一個Randy Lerner睿智的動作-少干預, 只有支持馬丁奧尼爾建立一個優秀的年輕球隊的舉動, 已經可以媲美William McGregor的雕像 ( 阿斯頓維拉支持者信託基金"的發起人, 以及在1888年提議成立足球聯盟的維拉主席 )。在許多2010年維拉球迷的心中, 與前一任老闆Ellis相比, Lerner已經足以和足球之父相比較。 Lerner has demonstrated sensitivity and intelligence in stewarding Villa since he took the club over from Ellis for ￡62.6m in 2006, but the principal reason for his popularity lies in direct contradiction to the Glazers' conduct, which has earned them vilification. Whereas they have taken near unfathomable millions out of their club – ￡344m in interest, ￡120m in fees and other costs, ￡22.9m for themselves in "management fees" and personal loans – Lerner bought Villa with his own cash, and has since poured very significant money in. 自從在2006年已六千多萬英鎊接手維拉以後, Lerner在管理手腕已經展現出靈敏度與智慧不過讓他受歡迎的程度與Glazer不同的地方, 在於他和Glazer引起人發怒的行徑正好相反: Glazor拿走球隊數不盡的銀兩--3億多英鎊的股份, 一億兩千萬的花費, 以及兩千多萬英鎊以"管理費"的名義據為己有; 而Lerner則是以他自己的鈔票把維拉帶起, 投注了可觀的錢進來。 While the Glazers were earlier this month releasing their 322-page prospectus to raise a ￡500m debt on United for the third time since their 2005 takeover, Aston Villa were filing an official document at Companies House setting out the total of Lerner's investment. In the three and a half years between his takeover and 14 October last year, Lerner, via his company registered in Berea, Ohio, has invested ￡138.6m in Aston Villa. 當Glazer在月初第三次老調重談的提出三百多頁補救五億英鎊債務的企劃書, 維拉正對 Companies Housing提出正式文件。裡面清清楚楚的寫著Lerner投資的錢, 自從他接受到去年為止, 他總共投資了一億三千八百六十萬英鎊。 (好長待續orz) -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 128.248.223.136