The Villa Blog

The original Aston Villa blog, publishing continuously since 2004

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What a time to be an Aston Villa fan.

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New post!
Bayern Munich friendly defeat, Konsa transfer talk and Super Cup squad confirmation
https://t.co/UHekSTAtad
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[JB @Del_Monte20]

Villa, Newcastle, Forest and Palace all recent stints in Europe.

Sales this summer of Rogers, Tielemans, Tonali, Bruno, Anderson and Lacroix.

Buying clubs Chelsea, United, City, Arsenal and Spurs (SKY 6)

The prem is a fix. The above all in a group who agreed to join a super league. One awaiting 100s of charges another a small fine for paying off agents.

Other clubs making up the numbers.

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@TalkCPFC don't even need to be online .. get Claude to do it all for you

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New post!
Silly season, perspective and ins and outs
https://t.co/6Q4JVrWcS4
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What a bad place FIFA is in when Blatter is calling it out.

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

The close relationship between the FIFA President and the US President has reached a financial dimension that is deeply damaging football. No one has the right to sell our game. #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump #FIFA #UEFA #USA #Sellout

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Am I the only one that looks at this picture and sees BLING?

Happy birthday @morgz_10

£117mn. You made it lad!

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Happy 24th birthday, Morgan! 🥳

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I have no allegiance to any side tonight. But I love football and my team is Aston Villa. So I suppose, I’m hoping Argentina win because of @emartinez. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.

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That a midfielder scored more than Kane sums it up. We need a number 9 that is a number 9 and a manager that can make that happen and play to that number 9.

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It's a friendly and means very little but Harry Kane dropping back so much could cost England if he does this in the competition. This isn't Germany or the Championship.

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@DykaRivers It is literally by design.

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I can see Tuchel bring on Dan Burn.

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3 #AVFC players on the pitch for England. 1 for France.

Even if one wants to leave (if we are to believe the BBC) and another might.

It's a good sign. A very good sign of where we are as a Club.

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Why couldn't England have done that when it mattered.

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New post!
Looks like Rogers is off but Manzambi is confirmed and more are coming
https://t.co/yveoECnKVJ
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Cole Palmer and £40mn - great deal!

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea reach verbal agreement with Aston Villa to sign Morgan Rogers⁠. Bid of £117m accepted by #AVFC & being finalised. 6+1y contract, medical Monday⁠. #AFC interested but 23yo attacker wanted #CFC; Xabi Alonso instrumental @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/81YbZw7ELc

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#AVFC confirm the signing of 20 year old Johan Manzambi. Big prospect!

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

The biggest of smiles 😁

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And why he will ultimately be sacked. This isn’t Club football. He has demonstrated talk but no action and you shouldn’t get second chances at this level.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

England have a 1-0 lead against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final and were largely in control of the tactical battle. With 30 minutes remaining, the head coach of England who is paid £5 million a year and entrusted with the task of delivering results against elite international opposition, chose to introduce a raft of defensive substitutes and parked the bus. England dropped deep, inviting sustained pressure, severing their own midfield supply lines and sacrificing the pace and threat of their counter-attacks. In the process, they handed Lionel Messi repeated licence to attack at England’s defence. A disastrous decision. It was arguably one of the most self-defeating tactical decisions in the history of the England national team.

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Surely Tuchel has to go now, right?

Brought in to win the World Cup and failed.

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Fortunately I don't have to go through a 30 minute half time break on Sunday now.

Hopefully this tournament never goes back to the USA.

Wonderful in so many things, but all these breaks to sell ads .. it's not football.

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You really can't hope to defend a goal against Argentina. Feels like England got what they deserved tonight.

But Tuchel gets another chance.

He had a deal until this World Cup but the FA thought it a good idea to extend his contract 2 years after nothing.

We go again.

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BBC coverage of the World Cup is awful. Or is that just me?