That Milner to Barry thing last night made me wretch so much, I was worried I might have spat one of my kidneys out.
To say we are a feeder club is garbage.Every player has his price. What Villa have demostrated with Barry and Milner, is that if anyone wants to buy one of our star players then they leave at our price, not theirs.Barry was always going to leave last year, it was a case of getting the best deal for us, and whichever way you look at it, £12m for a player of his age with 1yr left on his contract was bloody good business, likewise, getting Ireland plus £15/18m for Milner. Ultimately, it means we will get stronger at their expense, if we can re-invest the cash into the team.
We're the feeder club to Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea and Man U. Maybe Tottenham and Liverpool also given another season or so.Liverpool, Tottenham are feeder clubs to Man City and Man U, Inter, Milan.Arsenal are a feeder club to Barcelona, Real.Chelsea and Man U aren't feeder clubs. In fact the only clubs that aren't are Man U, Chelsea, Real, Barca, at the moment Man City, and at a push Bayern.
In 2009 United won the title with some of the best attacking play the Premier have seen for many years - a 3 pronged attack that ripped defences to shredsRooneyTevezRonaldoBoth the latter 2 sold, one to their biggest European rivals and one to their hated local rivals.
perhaps Lerner is starting the process of trying to get expenditures in line with income? Maybe we will get the "last laugh"?