Aston Villa have saved £23m thanks to Monchi and Unai Emery’s big deal. Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images
It seems it’s not just on the pitch where Aston Villa are winning this season.
Unai Emery has demanded a lot of his players and the club, but his tenure at Villa Park cannot be said to have been anything but a resounding success at this stage.
After all, moments like Jhon Duran’s winner against Bayern Munich He will live long in the memory of Vila’s supporters.
Villa brings an extra £23m to the club’s coffers
Although Villa saw a number of departures during the summer, the studious business off the pitch and Monchi has earned the club £23million.
How Football Insider Note that taking the salaries of the likes of Calum Chambers, Moussa Diaby, Douglas Luiz, Cameron Archer, Tim Iroegbunam, Morgan Sanson and Viljami Sinisalo off the books saved them a monumental amount.
The players brought in to the club have “cut” some savings into the £23m figure, but what it does represent is the brilliant way of working between the manager, director of football and others at the club.
In many ways, it provides a blueprint for others to follow, and if the villains can continue in the same vein for the rest of the campaign, there’s really no limit to what they can achieve.
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It is obviously vital that the club keep Emery and continue to accede to his wishes.
The Spaniard has shown he has the intelligence and drive to achieve prolonged success at the club, provided they match his ambitions.
When you consider how bad the club was when Steven Gerrard was in charge, the job Emery has done has proven to be quite remarkable.
What’s more, there are now good enough reasons for Europe’s top players to want to ply their trade in the Midlands.
