Aston Villa are looking to bolster Unai Emery’s squad in the summer transfer window but will have to ‘box clever’ according to expert
Aston Villa are the Premier League club that a football finance expert is ‘most concerned’ about breaching Profitability & Sustainability Rules.
The Price of Football podcast host Kieran Maguire says Villa will have to ‘box clever’ in the transfer window – which briefly closed yesterday evening and opens again on Monday, June 16.
Maguire expects Villa to have to sell players by the end of the financial year, June 30, due to their spending as they strove to reach the Champions League.
Discussing the subject on Sky Sports News, Maguire said: “I think of the 20 Premier League clubs, Villa are the ones who we’re most concerned about,” he said.
“Last season, when they did qualify for the Champions League, for every £100 of revenue that Aston Villa brought in, they spent £91 on wages. Those players will have had contract step-ups for qualifying for the Champions League.
“And remember, Villa have done very well in that competition. So that will be a plus. And they have sold some players as well, in both the last summer market and the January one.
“But I think there is still a perception that Villa will have to box clever. And of all of the clubs under pressure to sell players by June 30, I guess they’re the ones who are the club that gives the most attention because their spending in the last couple of years before getting into Europe was so extensive.”
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