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Aston Villa’s £38.4m Hidden Transfer Cost
The Hidden Cost of Squad Building - Aston Villa's Increasing Agent Fee SpendTransfer net spend of the season is often quoted for shaping narratives and opinion. Yet agent fees are rarely mentioned, despite being excluded from net spend calculations altogether. For Aston Villa in 2025/26, agent fees were actually higher than the club’s reported net spend.Villa's reported net spend in the 2025/26 season...
The Hidden Financial Story Behind Aston Villa’s Greatest Modern Day Season
Aston Villa's Record Financial Progress of the Past Two YearsEuropa League winners. Fourth in the Premier League. The numbers behind one of the most financially significant seasons in Aston Villa's history.The trophy is in the cabinet. The ticker tape has been swept from the Beşiktaş Stadium and off the streets of Birmingham. And quietly, in the weeks since Istanbul, the Aston Villa accounts department...
Golden Goals: The Influence of Tony Morley’s Cracker Against Everton (1981)
The Path to Aston Villa's League Title"Clearly still rattled by Saunders' psychological tactic, Morley gave a two-fingered gesture towards the bench, one that later...
Villa Supporter Gripes, Tackling Villa Park Transport Issues and Communication Breakdown
Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group Meeting - December 2021The latest Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group (FCG) meeting took place at Villa Park on Tuesday...
How Emiliano Buendía Helps Transform Aston Villa and Improves Other Players
Emiliano Buendía Confirmed for VillaBy Calum SlaterThe first piece of business has been completed before the window has even opened - bienvenidos Emiliano Buendía!After...
Rotterdam Or Bust: A Supporter’s Diary of Aston Villa’s Greatest Day
Rotterdam Or Bust - An Aston Villa Fan's Diary of 1982By Geoff ThomasI think we always believed that Villa had more than a puncher’s...
Why Southgate Went for the Promise of Ollie Watkins Over Patrick Bamford
Why did Southgate Pick Watkins?"We like his pressing, his speed, the runs he makes," said England boss, Gareth Southgate, as he began to justify...
Gareth Southgate Being Rational on Grealish and Keeping Villa Fans Happy at the Same Time
On the recent Episode 121 of the My Old Man Said podcast, international breaks were referred to as being nothing more now than a...
Why There’s a Different Feeling About Aston Villa This Season
More Than A Feeling?When you've supported Aston Villa for a number of decades, you'll know there's a feeling you get, when Villa are on...
Jack Grealish’s New Five-year Deal was the Logical Conclusion Despite Media Scaremongering
Jack Grealish Five-Year DealRegular readers and listeners of My Old Man Said would perhaps be less surprised about the news that Jack Grealish had...
Double Villa Right Back Transfers Provides Dean Smith With Improved Options
Waiting GameWhile Aston Villa fans have been desperately hoping a forward player would be the club's first signing, sometimes if an opportunity arises to...
Aston Villa Make Potentially One of Their Most Pivotal Signings of the Window
If you were to pick anybody for Dean Smith to solidify his coaching staff in a practical fashion for a second Premier League campaign,...
Further Evidence of How Good Aston Villa’s Great Escape Was
Use code MOMS10 for 10% offSurvival ReliefA week's gone by and there's still a sense of relief in terms of how the Premier League...
Aston Villa Cazoo Deal Timely as Report Threatens End of Gambling Football Shirt Sponsorship
Aston Villa Cazoo Deal TimingAston Villa's announcement of their new sponsorship deal with online car rental company Cazoo, coincided this week with an announcement...