They’ll have to sell a few more players to have any sort of a transfer budget. They’ll do well to prioritize loans for promising young players from PL academies on lowish wages(so, not from chelsea), sell some players to pay for the wages and hope for just enough quality to see themselves promoted or at least be in the discussion by january where a new owner can potentially bankroll a signing to boost their chanceshttp://www.skysports.com/football/n...s-aston-villa-future-to-be-decided-on-tuesday
Jack Grealish's Aston Villa future to be decided on Tuesday
A decision on Jack Grealish's Aston Villa future will be made on Tuesday as the club choose who stays and who goes this summer.
As concerns over Villa's perilous financial state continue, Steve Bruce will receive details of his annual transfer and wage budget - and with it, the likelihood that his £30m-rated midfielder will need to be sold to help balance the books.
They’ll have to sell a few more players to have any sort of a transfer budget. They’ll do well to prioritize loans for promising young players from PL academies on lowish wages(so, not from chelsea), sell some players to pay for the wages and hope for just enough quality to see themselves promoted or at least be in the discussion by january where a new owner can potentially bankroll a signing to boost their chances
That's quite an optimistic view in my opinion, the loan system they use relies on them picking up the good youngsters from around the world subsidising their wages with loans out then selling them for a profit but they don't have the clear road any more as other teams are picking up those youngsters too and agents of the best are becoming wary.That won’t happen. They’re not just very attractive to potential buyers, they’re very self-sustaining with a good number of high-value assets and a very well-run business model financially. Their loan system isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (it certainly isn’t mine) but anyone who thinks that they’re still reliant on Roman to remain one of the big 6 is deluding themselves. They’re a big name in their own right worldwide now sadly.
I don't disagree but I don't think the Chinese government's clampdown on money leaving the country has helped in this instance.Problems of their own making trying to do a newcastle and bounce straight back rather than cutting costs to meet ffp.
There really should be relegation clauses in players contract that they take a paycut of say 40% off of anything over £20k a week rather than parachute payments.
And throw Forest into that lot. Have never recovered either and wallow in a mire of mid league mindlessness. And i let my mate know about it constantly!Chelsea, Man City, Leeds, Brighton, Villa, all big clubs in some cases very big yet all nearly disappeared through financial incompetence. Yet it seems impossible to fail the FA tests for ownership .
That's quite an optimistic view in my opinion, the loan system they use relies on them picking up the good youngsters from around the world subsidising their wages with loans out then selling them for a profit but they don't have the clear road any more as other teams are picking up those youngsters too and agents of the best are becoming wary.
That said you may well be right, it might be enough to keep them a top six side but that may be their limit, top six but not top three.
I don't disagree but I don't think the Chinese government's clampdown on money leaving the country has helped in this instance.
We can probably use our youth teams as leverage too, they still have no transfer budget but we can loan the players that we want to test out in positions they’re thin on the groundAll the makings of a Levy deal.
Villa in dire straits financially, young talented english footballer with bags of potential.
This will get done pretty sharpish IMO.
Isnt there only a loan limitation on PL clubs? Not aware of any limitations in the Championship...From the little I have seen of them they have few players who would raise serious money with Grealish being the most valuable. How many loans are they allowed ? Isn’t their some limitation ?
They have won the youth cup for the last six years and I'm not sure I can name any more than those two.They still win the FA youth cup and do well in the youth leagues, sadly the system works even if it is gaming the system. Tammy Abraham and Loftus-Cheek are worth hefty amounts now too and they've not played a game for Chelsea
Isnt there only a loan limitation on PL clubs? Not aware of any limitations in the Championship...
We can probably use our youth teams as leverage too, they still have no transfer budget but we can loan the players that we want to test out in positions they’re thin on the ground
They have won the youth cup for the last six years and I'm not sure I can name any more than those two.
They win the youth cup by playing the oldest players allowed and big fuckers too whereas other teams use their youth teams to develop young players.
That said those two will bring in some money but not the kind of money to maintain the level they've been at with the laundered money, as Luka Van Der Bale said, top six is about their limit going forward.
I wonder if they would share the same sentiments if the position was reversed.........Seems like we might benefit from their problems but I can't help feeling sad to see a club like Villa caught up in such a financial shit storm.
I'm not so sure. Didn't their fans force Doug Ellis out for not spending "enough" and then get on Lerner's case when he refused to give Martin O'Neill another kajillion-bajillion pounds to spend?Seems like we might benefit from their problems but I can't help feeling sad to see a club like Villa caught up in such a financial shit storm.
"The thought of us losing Jack and getting Onomah instead is too depressing to contemplate "
That won’t happen. They’re not just very attractive to potential buyers, they’re very self-sustaining with a good number of high-value assets and a very well-run business model financially. Their loan system isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (it certainly isn’t mine) but anyone who thinks that they’re still reliant on Roman to remain one of the big 6 is deluding themselves. They’re a big name in their own right worldwide now sadly.
Chelsea had operating losses of £54m in 2016/17 which they covered by profits on player trading, mainly the sale of Oscar. They blamed the losses on being out of the Champions League so they have another difficult year ahead. So either Abramovich will need to stump up or they’ll have to sell another big player. It’s not difficult to imagine Abramovich deciding that there are better things for him to do with his money now he can’t get a U.K. visa.
Can he stump up though without a visa? Really don't know how it works.