A young couple were stuck in traffic on Spaghetti Junction while Lerner’s car apparently appeared and disappeared in a flash. On the same day one elderly man, an Aston Villa season ticket holder for over 50 years, claimed Lerner had visited him in his sleep and promised a maintained spell of steady, consistent growth while at the same time focusing the team around harbouring young English talent.
The response to the apparition’s promise has been favourable among the Villa faithful, who are happy he is unlike some other foreign chairmen of Premier League clubs and are pleased with the patience shown by Lerner.
Steve, a mechanic in a garage not far from Villa Park, said “I’m just glad he’s taking care of our club. Too many of these foreigners these days, like them Arabs or those other Yanks, are coming over, buying up our clubs and then expect an immediate return!”.
Spiritualist medium and convincing liar Derek Acorah has since tried to get in touch with the mysterious spirit. Acorah is best known for his appearances on Most Haunted and the séance where he supposedly contacted Michael Jackson from beyond the grave who told him to “say hello to Quincy for me”. Acorah claims that he was able to contact Lerner via the spirit world. “Randy said to me, he said ‘tell the local fans: I am impressed by the selection of fast food outlets in Birmingham’”.
