🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is set to appoint James Purnell as his Chief of Staff to "overhaul No 10"
He is a former Cabinet Minister in Tony Blair’s Government and is a long-time political ally of Burnham
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@talkSPORT@joelbeya Arsenal are hated because of their fans, plain and simple
It’s not their terrorist football that they play, nor is it wynn the dog, it’s their fanbase that genuinely believe they deserve everything, like it’s our year every year.
Cry more lads, we love to see it
@gambgam77 @LongshotGems But to score a header would require a headed shot on target😂so surely you’d back him to score and get a headed shot on target for higher odds than for him to score a header no?😂
Increasing 30,000 season tickets by ~£50 nets the club an additional £1.5m
The excuse used is to “support ongoing investment in the playing squad”
Achieving UCL and winning Europa will earn villa ~£85m
Harvey Elliott’s wages for the duration of his loan cost ~£3.4m
Jadon Sancho’s wages for the duration of his loan cost ~£7.2m
Abraham and Alysson signings cost £30m+ in fees alone only to barely play
Aston Villa spent £38.4m on agent fees between Feb 2025 and Feb 2026
Price hikes exist to help the commercial teams achieve arbitrary year-on-year internal target increases rather than having any material impact on “supporting ongoing investment in the playing squad”.
If it had a meaningful impact - why is our manager dealing with the same core of a squad he took over 4 years ago despite hikes every year?
You don’t NEED to increase ticket prices. You WANT to.
Stop meaninglessly punishing match-going fans and get your act together commercially. And stop lying to us about why.
Pocket pinching loyal fans WILL NOT help Aston Villa compete.
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@VilladanishDK@theavfcfaithful@AVFCOfficial Have a browse on that and then come back at tell me that it’s psr rules, I doubt what we pay makes any difference to the actual losses the club makes, signing players like Guessand has a significant impact on us, not £100 CL nights