Aston Villa Women 2025-26

[eamonn]

Percy is a published author whose words have been put through the editor's ruthless paces. Demitri is more of an off-the-cuff kinda guy. There's bound to be regular rubbing-up the wrong ways.

[Demitri_C]

CD you are one clever man you have made this thread a hot topic with the "sticky debate" great way to show people care about womens football!

Have to say i dont really care about womens football tbh. Tried getting into it but dont enjoy it so havent watched any at all.

What did ‘tried getting into it’ involve if not watching any of it?

Reading match reports? Listening to radio commentary?

Erm watching it with my own eyes and not enjoying it on tv? Just to clarify i watched a couple games  and it wasnt for me hence the "so havent watched any at all". Maybe i could have added the world 'since' I do hope that answers your question

Yes, if you’ve watched it, it probably would have been better if you didn’t say you hadn’t.

Probably  would have been better if you read what i actually wrote  and didn't  make something  up 👍

Okay. I’ve read what you actually wrote and quoted it below. What did I make up?

“Tried getting into it but dont enjoy it so havent watched any at all.”

How can you enjoy something if you have never watched it. That makes no sense so i felt you would have understood that i meant since watching a few games i even acknowledged it the follow up post but the sarcy comment reply from you was greated with the same response.

And the part you made up i never said i havent seen a game you just mad eyou own assumption. Its really not a big deal cant even believe we are discussing  this 😂 its so irrelevant

[cdbearsfan]

It's actually very important. I don't appreciate the emoticons making light of the gravity of the situation.

[Demitri_C]

In fairness to Percy, Demitri, your original post didn’t say you watched any games, just that you haven’t watched any of it.
Maybe just badly worded, we’ve all been there.

Thanks nigel i take your constructive feedback on board 🫶

[Percy McCarthy]

CD you are one clever man you have made this thread a hot topic with the "sticky debate" great way to show people care about womens football!

Have to say i dont really care about womens football tbh. Tried getting into it but dont enjoy it so havent watched any at all.

What did ‘tried getting into it’ involve if not watching any of it?

Reading match reports? Listening to radio commentary?

Erm watching it with my own eyes and not enjoying it on tv? Just to clarify i watched a couple games  and it wasnt for me hence the "so havent watched any at all". Maybe i could have added the world 'since' I do hope that answers your question

Yes, if you’ve watched it, it probably would have been better if you didn’t say you hadn’t.

Probably  would have been better if you read what i actually wrote  and didn't  make something  up 👍

Okay. I’ve read what you actually wrote and quoted it below. What did I make up?

“Tried getting into it but dont enjoy it so havent watched any at all.”

How can you enjoy something if you have never watched it. That makes no sense so i felt you would have understood that i meant since watching a few games i even acknowledged it the follow up post but the sarcy comment reply from you was greated with the same response.

And the part you made up i never said i havent seen a game you just mad eyou own assumption.

You said you haven’t watched any at all. Everybody (but you it seems) can see you said that. I didn’t make it up so please stop making things up.

[Brazilian Villain]

Citeh signing 15-year-old forward Freya Hirons from us. https://x.com/KathrynBatte/status/1938667588323537399

[cdbearsfan]

Fuck her, then.

[manic-road]

Fuck her, then.

She's only 15.

[cdbearsfan]

Figuratively rather than literally.

[Gerrin]

Aston Villa agree deal to sell women’s team to owner V Sports
By David Ornstein
June 30, 2025 1:03 pm GMT+1

Aston Villa have agreed a deal to sell their women’s team to V Sports and a stake in the operation to prominent U.S.-based investors.

Villa say they have no issues regarding the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) and are having positive discussions with UEFA about a resolution in relation to compliance with its financial fair play (FFP) regulations.

V Sports is the parent company which owns Villa and was previously founded as NWSE, before being rebranded in 2021. It is jointly owned by American billionaire Wes Edens and Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris, the latter of whom is Villa chairman.

V Sports also owns a 29 per cent stake in Portuguese side Vitoria S.C. and a 25 per cent stake in Spanish side Real Union. It holds partnership agreements with Egyptian Premier League club ZED FC and Vissel Kobe of the J1 League.

The Athletic reported last week that Villa were exploring the option of selling their women’s team to help with PSR compliance. One source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, said Villa have been looking into a sale for the past 18 months, having recorded losses of £195million ($267) over the past two years — leaving them in danger of breaching PSR.

Villa’s move mirrors one which fellow Premier League side Chelsea made in June 2024, when their women’s team was sold to BlueCo, the company which owns the west London club, for £200m. In May, Chelsea sold an eight per cent stake in the women’s team to Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit and husband of tennis star Serena Williams. That stake put the total value of the team at approximately £245m.

Villa finished sixth in the Women’s Super League (WSL) last season and have played in the English top flight since 2020-21. The men’s team also finished sixth in 2024-25 and will play in the Europa League next term as a result.

Villa reported a loss of £85.4mi for the 2023-24 season following a loss of £119.6m for 2022-23. They turned a profit of £300,000 in 2021-22 but a combined loss of more than £105mi over three seasons would constitute a PSR breach, although spending on infrastructure, youth and women’s football is exempt.

[Dave P]

We all know this is a FFP maneuver BUT could this see investment in the women's team be a bit easier as somebody somewhere will want a return on this.  Could we challenge towards the top of the WSL soon?

[andyh]

We all know this is a FFP maneuver BUT could this see investment in the women's team be a bit easier as somebody somewhere will want a return on this.  Could we challenge towards the top of the WSL soon?

I guess we are effectively selling it back to ourselves though, so nothing changes ?

[cdbearsfan]

We are selling to "American investors", I don't think we are selling to ourselves. So who knows.

[frank black]

We all know this is a FFP maneuver BUT could this see investment in the women's team be a bit easier as somebody somewhere will want a return on this.  Could we challenge towards the top of the WSL soon?

Unlikely I’d say. It’s just FFP shenanigans again

[andyh]

We are selling to "American investors", I don't think we are selling to ourselves. So who knows.

V Sports.
The company that owns us.