First it was Manchester United being taken over by an American football owner...now...
BIRMINGHAM, England -- Cleveland Browns owner Randy Lerner is set to take over Aston Villa after a rival group failed Thursday to match his bid to buy the Premier League soccer team.
A group led by Michael Neville and Nicolas Padfield could not better the $118.8 million bid Lerner made Aug. 14 to buy Villa, one of the oldest teams in English soccer.
"I have come to the conclusion that, together with the brilliant Martin O'Neill as manager, Randy Lerner and his team have the right credentials, the necessary finances and the pooled resources to restore the club to where all of us supporters want to see it," Neville said.
But then, it is only Villa they are buying, after all.
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