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Villa Confirm Tielemans to Manchester United: Who Actually Wins in This Deal?
The Winners of the Your Tielemans to Manchester United DealAston Villa have confirmed the departure of Youri Tielemans to Manchester United, closing a three-year spell that ends with 134 appearances and ten goals. Youri Tielemans's release clause of £35m was triggered as the 29-year-old signs a five-year deal with the Red Devils. Here's what the move actually means for everyone involved.Manchester UnitedProsTielemans arrives as...
Forget the Big Six. In Europe, Villa Have Already Broken It.
Proof That Aston Villa Are Disrupting the Big SixThere is a version of English football's hierarchy that the Premier League, broadcasters, and shirt sponsors broadly agree on. Six clubs above the rest. Revenue, fanbase, commercial reach — the gap is real and it is wide. Often referred to as the 'Sky Six'.UEFA does not particularly care about any of that.The UEFA club coefficients ranking...
Aston Villa Arrange Useful New Benefit for Villa Season Ticket Holders
Social Origins
You may recall a bit of silly social media 'banter' between staff at Aston Villa Football Club and Virgin Trains a couple of...
Villa Fan Consultation Group Meeting Notes with Villa CEO Christian Purslow
The below notes are taken form the recent Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group (FCG) meeting with Christian Purslow, which was the Villa CEO's first...
What Exactly Happened to Recon’s Naming Rights Deal of Aston Villa’s Training Ground
The Return of Bodymoor Heath
A couple of days ago MOMS ran a story on the fact that the Recon Training Complex signs had vanished...
Revealed: Aston Villa’s Owners are NOT Considering Re-naming Villa Park
Well-placed Sources Sauces
'Revealed: Aston Villa's owners are considering re-naming Villa Park' read a Birmingham Mail headline last week to an article that stated 'a well-placed...
EFL Present Championship Clubs With FFP Punishment Guidelines
FFP Punishment Plan
According to The Times newspaper today, the EFL have rolled out their Financial Fair Play (FFP) punishment plan to Championship clubs in...
Insights and Impressions From Meeting Aston Villa’s New Owners
IncomingOn Wednesday, MOMS, along with other members of Villa's Fan Consultation Group, received an early morning invite to meet the representatives of the new...
The Media Silence of Steve Bruce’s Under Achievement at Villa
By Shelley Osborne
Breaking Bread
American novelist Fanny Fern once said that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.The act of sharing food...
Aston Villa’s Flawed and Wasteful Championship Strategy Analysed
'Villa’s board have attempted to buy a team rather than build a team'.
Difference
In the build up to the playoff final, former Hull City and...
Reeling from Wembley Heartbreak, Where do Villa go From Here?
By Kevin Hughes
Failure Story
Losing the EFL Championship play-off final is a new and miserable experience for Villa, yet it also feels gloomily familiar. Villa...
Villa Park Approved as Asset of Community Value
Villa Park Asset of Community Value
Aston Villa Supporters Trust (AVST) and My Old Man Said (MOMS) are happy to announce that Villa Park stadium...
Revealed: The Great Football Media Clickbait Swindle
Are you wise to the clickbait headline routine yet? Most aren't, when you consider the growing amount of football sites peddling no-mark content in...
Is the ‘Villa Engine’ Being Made From the Right Raw Materials?
Villa Engine
Aston CEO Keith Wyness used the international break last week to remind supporters of the new vision for the club, "The Villa Engine".While...