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Aston Villa have agreed a loan deal for Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho until the end of the 2026-27 season, with an obligation to buy..

I'm not sure what's going on at Aston Villa....

They've just sold two of their most influential players. This coming season should be ripe for a title push.

There's plenty of transition at the top end of the Premier League with Liverpool and Manchester City both bedding in new managers and Arsenal are perhaps likely to have a bit of a post World Cup hangover with injuries etc.

Villa finished strong last season with 4th and seemed pretty stable,
they have the manager, momentum from last year snd a reasonably wealthy ownership.

Now they're looking at a rebuilding period.....

I suppose the club has financial compliance issues but you rarely see their top 4/5 rivals selling their best players?

 

[Football us life]

Jeff Bezos possibility of investing in Liverpool, like life the richer clubs get richer, ummm, Liverpool fans complaining about Man City financial powers is like the 'pot calling the kettle black'.

Liverpool: The Jeff Bezos factor - unpicking puzzle of Liverpool's potential investors

Could Amazon founder and American billionaire Jeff Bezos really become one of Liverpool's new investors? BBC Sport takes a look.

www.bbc.com

Back in early 2025, Elon Musk's father said Elon "would like" to buy Liverpool if the opportunity arose.....

Apparently his grandmother was from Liverpool and he often credits her for being a big influence on him as a kid.

When this link or rumour appeared the Liverpool fans weren't overly impressed!!

 

[HonestSpursFan]

I'm not sure what's going on at Aston Villa....

They've just sold two of their most influential players. This coming season should be ripe for a title push.

There's plenty of transition at the top end of the Premier League with Liverpool and Manchester City both bedding in new managers and Arsenal are perhaps likely to have a bit of a post World Cup hangover with injuries etc.

Villa finished strong last season with 4th and seemed pretty stable,
they have the manager, momentum from last year snd a reasonably wealthy ownership.

Now they're looking at a rebuilding period.....

I suppose the club has financial compliance issues but you rarely see their top 4/5 rivals selling their best players?

Really they should be looking at strengthening their weaknesses but instead they're just selling everyone for a profit. The same thing happened with Spurs in the 2010s and early 2020s. The same thing happened with Newcastle last season. Years of building only to come so close yet so far. As soon as they won silverware or came close to doing so it all fell apart. This is why Spurs don't have Harry Kane, Newcastle don't have Alex Isak and Villa don't have Morgan Rogers.

 

[Football us life]

Really they should be looking at strengthening their weaknesses but instead they're just selling everyone for a profit. The same thing happened with Spurs in the 2010s and early 2020s. The same thing happened with Newcastle last season. Years of building only to come so close yet so far. As soon as they won silverware or came close to doing so it all fell apart. This is why Spurs don't have Harry Kane, Newcastle don't have Alex Isak and Villa don't have Morgan Rogers.

Yep...It does feel like a cycle in modern football.....

Build a promising squad, achieve success or get close, then face financial compliance or structural pressures that lead to key departures. Your examples highlight it well.

At least one good thing comes out of the Morgan Rodgers sale....

Middlesbrough get a £20m sell on clause windfall!!