KG Leonard wrote:Pipp33 wrote:KG Leonard wrote:Chelsea is chaos and would embarrass PL in champions League imho.
Newcastle has a coach made for the cups with his ultra defensive gameplay. Aston Villa I hope to see in CL because Emery is almost like their Klopp, he carries the club from bottom to CL ability. They don't have the resources to keep him or the new/ the young players he had raised to new levels. That's the whole romantic idea of the best leagues. Smart management and quality coach lift Aston Villa and Forest to top 5 in PL.
I disagree with Villa not having the resources to keep Emery.
Yes, is RM came calling, might be difficult to keep him, but Villa owners have LOTS of money and are willing to spend, but arm hamstrung by PSRT. We have increased revenue every year they have been owners and have made large strides in the last 12-18months. Yes, we'll have to sell some players along the way, whilst we build revenue, but that's only due to PSR. If we are competing in Europe, then a lot of players will be happy to stay, and we'll interest players like Rashford and Asensio (although I'll be surprised if either stay past this season.)
Emery also has complete control over the football department. He bought his own team of people in and they work together on all decisions.
He won't get that at somewhere like Manu (why would he go there anyway).
This sounds great and is what i wish for to happen.
I like what Emery, Monchi is doing with Aston Villa. Emery has bad history with PSG level teams, I'm sure he prefers club he can build like Aston Villa. I worry more about disgusting rich teams buying his players and make them die slowly in Chelsea,City, Man Utd. Good to know about Aston Villa's rich owners, hope they have the same ambitions as Emery, Monchi.
I'm a fan of PL and want to see more competitive seasons like this one and teams not owned by country level wealth thrive.
The Net worth of Villa's owners is 3rd in the league and more than Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. Co-owner, Wes Edens owns the Milwaukee Bucks too, but Nassef Sawiris is the majority of the wealth.
Nassef personally chased Emery after the Gerrard fiasco, and essentially gave him control. The owners have also invested in Real Union, a small club in Spain that Emery's family has long ties with, and Emery owns, so the commitment to each other is there.
Nassef has regularly let his displeasure known regarding his restriction of spending money, whilst the already established "Big 6" seem to be able to do what ever they want.
Their ownership has been the driving force to Villa's turnaround. There has no doubt been some noses put out of place , as they have tried to increase revenue and club prices for nearly everything have gone through the roof (season tickets etc), but that is purely because without the increase in revenue, it's impossible to catch up. They put Chris Heck (former 76ers front office) in charge of the business side and he's the driving force to increase the incoming money side of things. He's not been very popular, but it's hard to argue with the improved results.
Being in Europe again next season (Europa or Conference if CL is missed) is vital to the continuing the increase in revenue.
Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team
