At the very point the Midlands club are in a position to flourish, they will have to sell players and act like paupers in a bargain basement store to meet PSR rules
With the possible exception of the summer of 2021, when Manchester City paid £100 million for Jack Grealish, it is hard to imagine that Aston Villa have ever been so flush.
The bounty of a fourth-placed finish in the Premier League worth £52.9 million. The prospect of a minimum ten-game Champions League campaign, estimated to bring in £50 million plus bonuses. Villa have been champions of Europe yet have never been as financially robust. So, naturally, they celebrated in the manner of all modern Premier League clubs. They went scouting in the bargain basement and discussed which players they could sell to avoid being docked points.
