<div align="center"><div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Manchester City have received a bid of £90million from a British consortium headed by former player Ray Ranson. Ranson tried to buy Aston Villa prior to Randy Lerner securing control at Villa Park and has while he has always been linked with making a move for City, it is only now that he has made his interest official. The offer is believed to cover the club's shares, the repayment of loans in the region of £24million to major shareholders Wardle and David Makin and debt to other parties. It has also been speculated that Ranson would be ready to hand manager Stuart Pearce a £20million transfer kitty were he to assume control. An American consortium is also weighing up whether to launch a takeover of their own, according to reports. It is expected that Ranson will make a statement to the Stock Exchange on Tuesday to clarify his position.</div> </div> rest of it... Sky Sports - The Best Sport Coverage From Around The World what will this do for City? what do you city fans think?
found zis... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Former Manchester City defender Ray Ranson has confirmed he has made an offer to purchase the Premiership club. Ranson has, however, not yet received a positive response from Eastlands and is now pondering whether to table a new proposal to chairman John Wardle. City have been keen to welcome new investment and reports on Tuesday morning claimed that Ranson had tabled a £90million bid for the club which could also result in £20million being released for the summer transfer window. ..</div> <a href="http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=463020&CPID=8&clid=43&lid=3&title=Ranson+confirms+City+bid" target="_blank"> rest of it</a>
<div class="quote_poster">soilborn Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I think Citeh fans would rather have a former player on board than that dodgy Thai bloke.</div> Agree with him..
good finally a british owner that might do well.., neither though we already have dave whealn and madejski i think he;'s enlislh and i'm a chelski fan...but we need more enligs owners.
