Aston Villa qualified for next season’s Champions League after clinching the fifth position in the 2023/2024 Premier League.
As a result, Unai Emery, along with Monchi, the club’s general manager, have been working for weeks to balance the books before the 30th of June, the deadline for English clubs to adjust their finances before presenting them before the strict and feared Financial Fair Play.
So far this transfer window, the ‘Villans’ have arranged their sales and signings in order to build a very competitive team while obtaining a positive economic balance from the transfers.
The sales of Aston Villa:
The two sales of the club throughout the transfer window have been that of the youngster Omari Kellyman to Chelsea in exchange for 23 million euros and one of the stars of the Villain side last season: Douglas Luiz will leave for Juventus in exchange for two bianconeri players and 25 million euros.
From a financial and a roster-building standpoint, these are two solid transfers, as getting 23 million euros in return for an 18-year-old academy prospect who only played 37 minutes in the Premier League and 13 in the Conference League is great business.
The same logic applies in Douglas Luiz’s case. In spite of him being one of the best players in their roster last season, the team directed by Emery will replace him with two young and exciting prospects from Juventus (Samuel Illing Junior and Enzo Barrenechea). As previously mentioned, in addition to these players they will receive more than 20 million from the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder.
Under these conditions, it seemed inevitable that Aston Villa would try to keep Douglas Luiz on their roster.
Top-notch signings:
In addition from the youngsters that have arrived from Juventus, Aston Villa have acquired a couple of interesting players in order to have a competitive European competition debut season next year after not qualifying for a long time.
It seems like Aston Villa have taken a chance on youth this year, as the first signing of the Villains this summer was Everton’s Lewis Dobbin, a 21-year-old English winger that stands out because of his speed, dynamism and dribbling ability.
The 11 million euros paid to Everton in exchange for him seem like a reasonable amount to easily amortize in the coming years as a result of his performance and potential to develop as a player.
The last transfer of the club has been a player who is currently trending. It is the case of Ian Maatsen, the 22-year-old Dutchman who stood out at Borussia Dortmund (loaned out by Chelsea) in the final stages of the season. In fact, he was called up last minute by Ronald Koeman to join the Dutch national squad for the EURO.
Monchi offered 40 million euros to the ‘Blues’ in exchange for the services of the player and Chelsea did not hesitate to accept the offer. Maatsen is a very polyvalent footballer that usually plays as a left-back, but sometimes, he has been utilized as a midfielder by the bavarian side. He stands out because of his long passing, his quickness and ability to take set pieces.
The ‘Villain’ board is building a roster that will allow their fanbase to dream of making noise next season in their return to the top European competition.
Translated by Nuño Alonso.
Main image: @AVFCOfficial.
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