Mateu Alemany (with added Alberto Benito and Pablo Rodriguez)

[Risso]

Emery mentioned that it might be happening. Then yesterday he confirmed it definitely wasn’t.

[Drummond]

Perhaps he'll now do us a BOGOF on Torres and Fati. Just to make up for it like.

[not3bad]

The "Real reason" Alemany U-turned according to "Football Insider". https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-deal-rejected-u-turn-sources/

[Paul.S]

The "Real reason" Alemany U-turned according to "Football Insider". https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-deal-rejected-u-turn-sources/

I think any of us could’ve written that. It lacks depth and any real knowledge and it’s certainly not breaking news. A headline to grab your attention but no substance. Summing it up, a big investment this summer and then spending what you bring in from then on. Isn’t that what most clubs do?

[eamonn]

Pay no heed, it's Football Insider. The average age of their contributors is 15 which they claim as an exciting growth indicator in the notes to their annual accounts.

[Risso]

Pay no heed, it's Football Insider. The average age of their contributors is 15 which they claim as an exciting growth indicator in the notes to their annual accounts.

They're just idiots making stuff up, and they're laughably bad at it.

"Emery was backed in January, as were previous managers Steven Gerrard and Dean Smith, but the Spaniard will then have to rein in his spending."


No he wasn't.

[Drummond]

Pay no heed, it's Football Insider. The average age of their contributors is 15 which they claim as an exciting growth indicator in the notes to their annual accounts.

They're just idiots making stuff up, and they're laughably bad at it.

"Emery was backed in January, as were previous managers Steven Gerrard and Dean Smith, but the Spaniard will then have to rein in his spending."


No he wasn't.

Not to the degree he will be in the summer, certainly, and I expect, given the results and the proof that Emery has shown that he is indeed the real deal, that the owners will safe to invest big time.

We will have to balance the books, but if we get Europe and the increased revenues that generates, then we will continue being able to invest. If we don't then of course things change and transfer income needs to be generated.

We've said before though, if you look at the value of our squad, in line with what we paid for players, it's gone up in value.

[Clampy]

It's going over old ground yet again but he was backed as a player he wanted was available and we got him in. Whoever else he wanted might not have been available at the time. It really could have been as simple as that.

[Risso]

It's going over old ground yet again but he was backed as a player he wanted was available and we got him in. Whoever else he wanted might not have been available at the time. It really could have been as simple as that.

That's just pedantry. In the context of the article they're using it in the context of him spending lots of money, when we absolutely didn't.

[Drummond]

It's going over old ground yet again but he was backed as a player he wanted was available and we got him in. Whoever else he wanted might not have been available at the time. It really could have been as simple as that.

That's just pedantry. In the context of the article they're using it in the context of him spending lots of money, when we absolutely didn't.

Pedantry is a very big part of what makes this site what it is! 

[Monty]

Pay no heed, it's Football Insider. The average age of their contributors is 15 which they claim as an exciting growth indicator in the notes to their annual accounts.

They're just idiots making stuff up, and they're laughably bad at it.

"Emery was backed in January, as were previous managers Steven Gerrard and Dean Smith, but the Spaniard will then have to rein in his spending."


No he wasn't.

To go to the source of the thing - yeah, this is bullshit from a famously bullshit website.

[Ducksworthy]

Wasn’t entirely sure where to post this:

V Sports and Aston Villa are pleased to announce exciting additions to the Club’s global recruitment network.

Alberto Benito and Pablo Rodriguez will join from Real Betis and Villarreal CF respectively.

Alberto brings a wealth of experience and a global network to the organisation and will work alongside Rob Mackenzie in a global technical role.

He leaves Real Betis having won the Copa del Rey and having qualified for Europe in the last three seasons. He has previously worked with Unai at PSG and Arsenal, in addition to stints at Granada, Parma, Almeria and Swansea.

Pablo was most recently at Villarreal CF as a coaching staff member and senior scout.

He was previously a senior scout at Valencia for 10 years and is a Copa del Rey and Europa League winner.

Alberto joins Villa immediately while Pablo will arrive at the Club at the end of the season.

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/22/club-statement/

[Clark W Griswold]

I think this is the third May in a row where figures of '£200m plus' will be spent this summer by the Villa. I just hope that Emery keeps up his points average since taking over through all of next season, keeping the squad together and adding a few shrewd signings and anythings possible. My only concern is if we have to replace Martinez, we'll be starting on the back foot again like 2 years ago. Hopefully it's all in hand anyway.

[dave.woodhall]

Emery didn't join us just to finish seventh. He certainly didn't join us to sell our best players at the first opportunity.

[Drummond]

Emery didn't join us just to finish seventh. He certainly didn't join us to sell our best players at the first opportunity.

I'd say that the noises coming from the manager, owners and club in general are that big things are ahead; that surely translates to big spending.