Thanks I thought "his" holding company also had other shareholders? I may have misunderstood this but I don't like what is going on we could end up in a spiders web of companies like Robert Maxwell.

One more point

Mr. Jamie Salter from all reporting appears to be a personal friend of Mr. Textor's and a 'partner' from early on in Eagle Holdings. Salter: [Link]

Mr. Jean-Pierre Conte, Chairman and Managing Director; Genstar Capital "is in charge of acquisitions, divestitures and the supervision of portfolio companies. During his tenure, Genstar has grown from having $100 million of assets under management to $33 billion." [Link]

Others?....football/sporting directors from the triangle of clubs?....Textor's cat?...Blitzer (now that he and Textor are interacting Botafogo<->Estoril, e,g. Erison loan, swapping shares between their two holding companies is an obvious financial technique to aid in flatten the 'risk curve" ) ??....Salter's children...who knows??)...welcome to the financial wall of the holding company.

Thomas Foley dropped out when in October he acquired Bornemouth, and a credit facility to Textor was yanked by Cannae. (SEC filings from Cannae holdings). Personally, and from the financial side of me, I see this (Foley's exit off the field of play) as good.

Edited by theorist (05 Dec 2022 3.13pm)

This time period is going to be fascinating, what happens with Zaha, who we get in.....Our team seems on the cusp of change from middle rung and it's either uptown or downtown....We have talented young players who are gaining experience and it's interesting to see how Textor will influence that.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Dec 2022 4.12pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I'd be highly surprised if he left for a club that he didn't consider to be bigger. Villa aren't really that.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

There isn't really anything in the article that we didn't already know - I suppose what we really want to know is where in the Textor (Super group) pecking order are we sitting, are we top or behind Lyon ?

followed by: How likely is it that throwing a few Euros at Lyon will see them with a Champions League place ? ( & how much more attractive does that make them ?)

One good point in our favour is that we have Parish who seems to be laser focused on making sure Palace get their fair share of the cake ( although to be fair its got to be recognised that with the amount of money that could require to be involved its not actually going to be his cake)

I think we would be the top of the four, OLs squad is worth less than us, and the money generated in the Premiership per club dwarfs the French league, it seems a good idea on paper, four teams who can swap players between clubs at reduced fees, lets see if it works in real life.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn