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What We Learnt From the Villa’s Immediate Post-Season
Aston Villa are Europa League winners, Champions League returnees, and already three weeks into the summer transfer rumour cycle. Here are the three observations that cut through.The Rogers Sell-on Clause Changes the ConversationThe transfer fee figure most commonly attached to Morgan Rogers in the press is £80 million. What the press consistently omits is the 20% sell-on clause Middlesbrough reportedly hold on any future...
Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths
Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful After Disappointing Season Finale
Unlike last season, Unai Emery's men managed to hit some decent form in the final months of the season. Despite juggling three competitions to...
Aston Villa Keep Season Alive but Talk is Cheap Off the Pitch
The Good, Bad and Ugly – Full Force NeededAs the season reaches its final bend, Aston Villa are still clinging on. There's only one...
Fizzling Out or Fighting Back? The Defining Weeks for Villa and Watkins
The Good, Bad and Ugly – Fizzling Out or Fighting Back?Sometimes football is about feelings more than analysis, so the Good, Bad and Ugly...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villans on Route to Wembley
After a rollercoaster week that witnessed the highs and lows of Paris St. Germain followed by the demolition of Newcastle and a late gut-punch...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After the Winning Run Ground to a Halt in Paris
With three competitions still in play, the final six weeks of the campaign should provide fans with more than enough entertainment (and a an...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful: Villa’s European Dream & Season-Defining Fixtures
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Survey the Season's Business EndIt has been a long and demanding season for Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, with an expanded...
Aston Villa’s Season: Glory or Gamble? The Good, Bad & Ugly So Far
The Good Bad and Ugly - Quarter Finals CallingIf ever a season was summed up with Good, Bad and Ugly, it's been 2024/25. Now...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villans After a Week of Mixed Fortunes
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansA late winner from Marco Asensio secured a crucial victory over Chelsea, following on from a hard-fought draw against Liverpool in midweek. ...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Villans Enjoy Sunday Roast
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After FA Cup ProgressThe FA Cup fifth round and Aston Villa haven’t often gone hand in hand in recent decades. Despite winning...
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Aston Villa’s Transfer Business
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Transfer Window and BeyondNow that the dust has settled on the January transfer window and Aston Villa...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Are a Top Eight European Team
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Villa Complete Champions League Group StageWith the Champions League league stage over and done with, Aston Villa have...
Aston Villa Turn Corner only to Crash in Monaco
The Good, Bad and Ugly Of Villa's WeekA week that began with Aston Villa turning a corner, ended with them running into a speed...