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2021/22 Richarlison

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I agree we are spending but we are also selling. Last year we had 106m worth of player sales. This year we will probably sell Luiz 25m, Targett 15m, Davis 5m, ElGhazi and Trezeguet 4m (combined) and there are a few other fringe players we will get a few quid for. That will be about 160m in revenue in 2 seasons from players' sales plus we have pandemic losses. We got money for the high speed train and our accounts are actually quite healthy. The need to CL football is not for quite a few years yet. Top half PL finish will enable Villa to continue to invest in players. But, if we want to make the step to the next level then yes, we will need Europe and CL football. But I think the management team is well aware of that and appear to be smart business people

I dont think you will get the fees you think.

You're adding to the wage bill massively, and the Grealish money is gone. If you dont get European football next season, you will find the net tightening under the current rules. In fairness, they will probably change.

The wider point, is Gerrard has spent fortunes on older players, and you've gone backwards on the previous season. That would be a real concern for me.
 
This is laughable.
What have you done since 1981? You make our record look good. Nothing either side can be proud of but we've always been a Premier League team and have generally held our own in the top half.
I like Villa - always have - but you're on a par with the barcodes for delusions of grandeur.
Well what have we done since 1981? Hmmmmm.

Let me think, has Aston Villa done ANYTHING since 1981. Gosh. Oh Bingo! Just remembered one.

We were Champions of Europe in 1982. I knew there was something!

Oh also:


European Super Cup Winners 1982
Premier League Runners Up 1993
League Cup Winners 1994
League Cup Winners 1996
FA Cup Runners Up 2000
League Cup Runners Up 2010
FA Cup Runners Up 2015
League Cup Runners Up 2020

Suprised as the hatred and ignorance on here from Everton Fans. We're such similar clubs and Everton usually highly regarded on our forums.

Not sure if links work on here but this is a fascinating watch that shows how our clubs have basically dominated League Football (invented by Aston Villa thanks to William McGregor) in this country for most of history, with Sunderland also in and about us for long periods too.

Most of the "big 6" are fairly recent interlopers. It's only since the formation of The Premier League we've really dropped out of that elite group.

 
I’ll one up you with a player I had on footy manager called godspower tower, who apparently does actually exist lol

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I dont think you will get the fees you think.

You're adding to the wage bill massively, and the Grealish money is gone. If you dont get European football next season, you will find the net tightening under the current rules. In fairness, they will probably change.

The wider point, is Gerrard has spent fortunes on older players, and you've gone backwards on the previous season. That would be a real concern for me.
 
The wider point, is Gerrard has spent fortunes on older players, and you've gone backwards on the previous season. That would be a real concern for me.

It would be a concern. But so far two 29 year old Brazil internationals, a 28 year old French international, a 27 year old ex Eng international and a 22 year old who had just been called into the French senior team. Total expenditure about 70m. Hardly spending a fortune on older players.
 
If you asked 100 fans in the country, who was the bigger club out of Aston Villa and Everton, what do you think the response would be? I'd estimate 70/30 in favour of Villa and again, I mean that with no disrespect.

We've been signing a few Brazilians lately. I think you overestimate how good Richarlison is and our spending power. I don't think we're in for him, but if we were, I think we'd have a good chance of getting him.
Nobody overrates the stature if their club quite like Villa fans. Even the geordies could learn something from them.
 

Well what have we done since 1981? Hmmmmm.

Let me think, has Aston Villa done ANYTHING since 1981. Gosh. Oh Bingo! Just remembered one.

We were Champions of Europe in 1982. I knew there was something!

Oh also:


European Super Cup Winners 1982
Premier League Runners Up 1993
League Cup Winners 1994
League Cup Winners 1996
FA Cup Runners Up 2000
League Cup Runners Up 2010
FA Cup Runners Up 2015
League Cup Runners Up 2020

Suprised as the hatred and ignorance on here from Everton Fans. We're such similar clubs and Everton usually highly regarded on our forums.

Not sure if links work on here but this is a fascinating watch that shows how our clubs have basically dominated League Football (invented by Aston Villa thanks to William McGregor) in this country for most of history, with Sunderland also in and about us for long periods too.

Most of the "big 6" are fairly recent interlopers. It's only since the formation of The Premier League we've really dropped out of that elite group.



Why are you listing runners up as some kind of achievement LOL... We know another club not too far away that does this too.

But you missed off Championship Playoff winners 2019 LOL
 
Like us Villa are a truly great club with a wonderful history and a big fan base. However, they have won just one league title in the last 100 years, they only finished just ahead of arguably the worst Everton team in history this season and they have recently been in the lower leagues. If Richarlison goes it will be to a club on a different level to us - a PSG or a Real Madrid.

Richy did say last year that he wanted to lead us out at our new 54,000 stadium in two years’ time, but he deserves CL football and sadly I think he’ll be leaving this summer. But it certainly won’t be for Villa!
 

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