Aston Villa owners V Sports are planning to repeat what they have done with Villa at Vitória if their purchase of 46% of shares in the Portuguese club are approved.
That’s according to Observador, who say Nassef Sawiris and Wesley Edens are planning on doing more than making the Liga Portugal side a satellite club for their Premier League side.
The newspaper explains that what was ‘done by the English’ is also what is planned for the Portuguese side, who are currently fifth in the Primeira Liga with Sawiris and Edens set for ‘greater intervention’ than just a purchase.
One of the points on the table is the development of infrastructures worth around €2m, as was the case at Aston Villa.
With that project the new owners provided an injection of money to improve the team’s competitiveness on the pitch but there also major investments planned for the stadium and a shopping area to increase income and allow amortisation of around €100m for the project.
There is also the possibility of ‘opening a credit line’ with advantageous interest rates to the clubs, another benefit.
Those in charge at V Sports also see Vitória as an ‘ideal club’ in which to house young South American and African players, who usually ‘adapt well’ in Portugal. That would also allow them to bypass ‘regulatory limitations’ that exist in England.
One key point in the bid is that Vitória will remain in control of themselves, with V Sports only buying 46% worth around €5.5m.
The deal is now in the hands of Vitória’s members, who are set to hold ‘clarification sessions’ over the next two weeks to help clarify the finer points of the bid and what the future may hold.
If it goes through, though, it seems Aston Villa’s owners have grand plans to build the Portuguese club up as they have done at Villa Park.
