Music consuming, Villa supporting Brummie now lost to the south. Moan at people for a living. Occasional blogger for Birmingham Mail.
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Alex Berwick retweeted
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š¶ Emi BuendĆa, from Argentina š¶
Every goal in the 2025/26 season from our number 10 šÆ
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Ā£70m for Van Hecke (with one year on his deal), Ā£100m for Andersonā¦. Great players, both of them.
But Rogers price going up Ā£5m an hour at the moment. #avfc
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Also whatās been important to Villaās success to date (and the bit that *always* gets overlooked when people talk about our business) is that since Grealish weāve managed to avoid selling our top players.
Thatās been important in our journey. Weāre not always rebuilding. #avfc
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Think thereās a wider point here also. We do this every summer.
Remember being told constantly that Grealish wouldnāt go (even though the journalists in the know kept strongly hinting he would).
They were briefing that Ramsey was effectively for sale 18 months.
People need to vent their frustration on someone else. Do we want Jacob to only write Villa exclusives when it's positive?š¤·āāļø
Keep up the great work @J_Tanswell! We might not like this story, but atleast we can look past all the bs rumours and get some real insightš #avfc
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Things donāt always come to fruition.
But thereās a (very) large chance that Villa need a sale, itās true for lots of reasons that Rogers is our most saleable asset, and that he might not be against leaving.
Some people are fishing for engagement. But some certainly arenāt.
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Just FYI #avfc
Jun 3
Yes, that's right: any players brought into 'List A' squad in UEFA comps have to be cheaper, in sense you've outlined, than those they replace
Applied in 2025-26 and will in 2026-27 if Football Earnings result is negative (i.e. they make a loss). So will very likely apply again
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So take Sancho. Say we save Ā£200k a week wages.
Can replace with someone on Ā£190k a week.
But only if they are a loan or a free transfer. If we pay a Ā£30m fee, will have to be on less than Ā£100k a week etc.
Just something to be aware of. #avfc
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And although Barrenechea / Dobbin / Illing Jr etc would help us reduce our āFootball Earnings Ruleā loss, they donāt actually help within any profit or saving made in the make up of the āmainā squad. Because they werenāt in the āmainā squad. #avfc
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We donāt talk about Rashfordās PSG performance enough btw. Just on another planet. He made that night possible.
And fair play to Ollie.
Jun 2
So he wasnāt jealous and having a paddy or whatever else it was that Villa Twitter was spreading at the time because he joked he was fuming, funny that.
Heās got to be our most misjudged player when it comes to personality.
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Alex Berwick retweeted
Jun 2
Reminder: Aston Villa limited to ā¬60m (Ā£52m) Football Earnings (i.e. UEFA's PSR) loss in 2025-26 under Settlement Agreement
Villa's Football Earnings loss in 2024-25 was c.Ā£46m - but that was with Ā£70m UCL prize money. 2025-26 Europa League win generated around half that
Welcome to the first Transfer DealSheet for the 2026 summer window.
In this edition we look at:
āŖļø @David_Ornsteinās One To Watch
āŖļø Expectation Morgan Rogers will leave Aston Villa
āŖļø Bayern Munich and Arsenal interested in Eintracht Frankfurt full-back Nathaniel Brown
Free to read via the link š bit.ly/3RH8Zd2
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On Rogers, look #avfc are going to have to do something. The restrictions havenāt changed.
Might be that we can make it up elsewhere. But you can only sell who you have a buyer for. And there will be plenty of interest in him. Heās still underrated.
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Thereās always a fiction every year that #avfc can pre-plan windows.
Weāre not going to be in that world for a long old time. They have to be reactive to who they can raise money on, and who might be available that is better than what we have.
Donāt kid yourselves otherwise.
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Remember, as far as Iām aware, anyone we register for Europe has to be cheaper overall than the person they replace.
So the likes of Barrenechea & Dobbin have no bearing on that at all. #avfc
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May 31
This elite / non elite thing that always rumbles on is boring.
Would I swap Unai for anyone? Not a chance.
Maybe he is more suited to āusā. But who cares?
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May 31
Beat all the 6 at least once this season. Finished above 3 of them. The other 3 spend the GDP of a small nation more than us.
Got to a CL QF and lost by a tiny margin to a team who outstrip us in every metric.
When we won something, itās because we have an unfair advantage.
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May 31
Couldnāt care one iota who rates Arteta more or whatever. Heās done a great job.
But I do care when people arenāt judging achievements by the same metrics. Thatās wild.
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May 31
The Arsenal were ātoo defensiveā thing is a bit of a misnomer to be honest. Weāll never know how theyād have played if they hadnāt scored after 6 mins. You have to play the game in front of you. Howeverā¦.
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May 31
The one thing I will say is theyāve spent a few years playing for set pieces and chasing total control (that theyād never, ever have in a game like this). They have become quite robotic. Too drilled.
So when they had to change it up again, they didnāt know how to do it.
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May 31
The amazing qualities Arteta has instilled in them - and they are so well coached - is stifling them in the biggest games. Saka was basically an extra right back for example.
Thatās what they have to change. Other coaches get very heavily criticised for that attitude.
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