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Lerner takeover ends Ellis’s 35-year reign at Villa

Doug Ellis’s long reign at Aston Villa finally came to end yesterday when the American billionaire Randy Lerner was confirmed as the club’s new chairman. Lerner’s £62.6m offer for Villa, tabled last month, was declared “unconditional in all respects” as his shareholding in the club climbed to 89.6%. Once that figure reaches 90% the owner of the Cleveland Browns National Football League side will be entitled to compulsorily purchase the remaining shares before delisting the club from the Stock Exchange.

His arrival at canada goose coat 1000 calorie diets Villa Park buy canada goose parka cheap brings the curtain down on Ellis’s 35-year association with the club, dating back to 1968 when he took over as chairman. He relinquished his board duties in 1979 only to return as chairman little more than two years later. Having missed out on Villa’s European Cup win in 1982 the 82-year-old, who becomes life president, will be best remembered for his short patience with managers and tight control of the club’s finances.

His departure precipitated a flurry of resignations, with Stephen Kind, Antony Hales, David Owen and Peter Ellis standing down as directors. Steve Stride, Villa’s operations director, will remain, working alongside the new board which includes General Charles C Krulak, a former commandant of the US Marine Corps, Bob Kain, a director of the sports agency IMG, and Michael Martin, president of Brooklyn NY Holdings, the Lerner family’s asset and investment canada goose coat 1000 calorie meal plans management company.

Lerner will take in his first game since becoming chairman tonight at Scunthorpe in the Carling Cup. The 44-year-old will remain in England until the weekend and is expected to best canada goose jacket for men have talks with Martin O’Neill tomorrow or Friday about his vision of the club’s future. He has been in regular dialogue with the Villa manager since his interest in a takeover surfaced but this visit offers the first opportunity to talk at length.

“I am delighted that the purchase of Aston Villa has buy canada goose jacket cheap now gone through,” Lerner said. “The club has a magnificent heritage and, bu sees a spike in canada goose jacket thefts I believe, a very bright future. There are exciting times ahead. We plan to build a club that achieves success on a sustainable, long-term basis. Our plans will not come to fruition overnight. They will, however, be carefully considered and thought through and then clearly communicated to our supporters. Although it is early in the season, I would like to pay tribute to Martin O’Neill and his squad for the start they have made to the new campaign.”

O’Neill plans to put forward his own suggestions and has emphasised the need to improve the best replica canada goose jacket squad. “I think we could do with getting a bit more quality here,” he said. He is not, however, expecting a financial windfall. “I’m not saying that he is going to come here and throw money like Chelsea have done. I don’t think that’s really in his nature but it doesn’t mean that there’s not some things we can canada goose coat 1000 calorie diets put in place now and reap the rewards from later on.”

Milan Baros may make his first start of the season for Villa tonight. The Czech Republic striker has been eased back into first-team action via the substitutes’ bench after injuring a foot during the World Cup.

Mikael Forssell has admitted he may have to consider a future away from Birmingham City best canada goose coat for women if he cannot claim a regular first-team spot. The Finnish international has slipped down the pecking order at St Andrews as DJ Campbell and the on-loan Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner have become the first-choice pairing of the manager, Steve Bruce, after relegation from the Premiership.

Cameron Jerome, a summer signing, was preferred to Forssell when Bendtner was suspended for Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Ipswich. Forssell homepage, 25, was a late substitute but had not come off the bench during the previous three matches. Bruce has indicated that he wants four strikers competing for two places after being short of reinforcements in attack last season.

Forssell, who was targeted by Blackburn before the transfer window closed, said: “It is authentic canada goose outlet very frustrating for me. I haven’t played for weeks. It is difficult to keep training, get in for one game and then keep that match fitness.”