Football: Villa at the Crossroads?: Ranson Was Just Testing Water, so the Serious Talk Starts Now ; Yesterday's Events Could Be the Start of a Long Game, Says Hyder Jawad

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Doug Ellis often says that his spell as chairman of Aston Villa will only end when they carry him out in a coffin but the days of such illusionary thinking are at an end.

The consensus is that Ellis is now a seller, rather than a staller. He has been for a year.

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Football: Villa at the Crossroads?: Ranson Was Just Testing Water, so the Serious Talk Starts Now ; Yesterday's Events Could Be the Start of a Long Game, Says Hyder Jawad

When the Villa board of directors yesterday rejected a pounds 30 million takeover bid from a consortium led by Ray Ranson and Richard Thompson, they knew that it was far from the en...

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