We all know that this would be the reality of any winter "break". Remember it the next time the managerial incumbent at Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool or either Manchester club moots the idea.
Villa, on the other hand, still in the grips of Lerneristic austerity, would be holed up in an out-of-season Butlins in some god-forsaken resort like Skegness and failing to score against the local Sunday league team.