The link between Aston Villa’s owners and those looking to takeover at Vitesse is causing issues for a potential takeover at the Dutch club.
That’s according to De Telegraaf, relayed by Voetbal Primeur, who say a potential clash of UEFA regulations is one of a list of issues being explored by the KNVB.
The newspaper explains that it is far from certain whether Vitesse will see a potential takeover from a group being led by American Coley Parry granted by the powers that be.
De Telegraaf believe that the club need to seriously prepare themselves to be disappointed on that front, with a number of issues standing in their way.
One of those issues is the relationship with a ‘wealthy Egyptian external lender’, namely businessman Naguid Sawiris. He is help finance the deal, in fact he is the ‘major financier’, as Parry doesn’t have the money to do the deal himself.
While those sanctioning the deal are looking into whether Sawiris has done business with Russian businessmen, they are also questioning his relationship with Aston Villa.
Villa are owned by his brother Nassef Sawiris and the relationship between the pair ‘raises the question’ of whether the Dutch club will end up being pushed into that pyramid.
In simpler terms, the worry in the Netherlands is that while it would be a different Sawiris brother buying Vitesse, their belief is that they could end up as part of the group of clubs owned by Nassef Sawiris.
That in itself is not an issue, but the belief is that they could ‘run into problems with UEFA regulations’ if Vitesse were to qualify for European football alongside Aston Villa in future.
It’s one of several issues being addressed by the KNVB and why De Telegraaf believes those currently in charge of Vitesse believe they should gear themselves up for disappointment.
