we spent around £80m two seasons ago in the summer transfer window. only man city spent more than us. we did get a bit of it back after sales of other players. but that was our ambition, we were spending. MON always did have financial backing although there may have been more restraints this season. I can see both points of view, in a neutral way.
I think the board at the club have been exceptional and managed the club properly, especially when i look at other foreign owners such as mike ashley and hicks and gillet. randy lerner could have been one of those who came in and ruined the club. he wasnt and had their best interests at heart. in fact he lived in england for the majority of his life and mentioned in an interview that he took villa to heart years before.
the cleveland browns fans think lerner spends too much time with aston villa rather than the browns and so they are upset at that.
villa have spent a lot. even people say doug ellis never spent money he did. but like randy lerner he is keeping the club stable, and longevity and continuation is always a priority otherwise we will have debts on our hands like united, arsenal, liverpool, portsmouth, leeds, southampton and co. stability is a key issue.
With FxPro we have our biggest sponsorship deal in history. we've had several new sponsors this season and things are moving on with the club, the FxPro partnership will bring more money and financial backing to the club so that should be less of an issue.
one thing i truly respect lerner for doing is always giving a helping hand to charities and his work involving aston villa with the community. that goes for the directors behind the club too.
which reminds me, new villa website today.
Fuck Millwall btw