Have they said they had to sell all those players to comply?

I haven't read that anywhere in the articles I've seen.

They've got CL income this season, so be surprised if it was just that and wasn't also that key players wanted out to Man Utd, Arsenal etc

Posted By: jamesward on August 23rd 2026 at 14:51:49

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Villa might be regretting selling their top players (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 23, 14:34:21
- And chucking football matches (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Aug 23, 14:52:31
- Not like they had a choice is it ?!!! (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Aug 23, 14:36:06
  - Maybe they lost on purpose cos they have something more important next week (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Aug 23, 16:09:02
  - Shouldn’t be getting into that position (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 23, 14:37:46
    - Rules are stupid ruining the league (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Aug 23, 14:41:53
      - Weren't Villa breaking Champs financial rules when they got promoted? (Other Football) - mr carra, Aug 23, 14:50:01
        
        Be a shame if the end up in a situation expecting integrity from an opponent (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Aug 23, 21:43:03
      - Is it just the rules? Or also that their players wanted to leave? (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 23, 14:45:02
        
        Had to sell to comply with financial rules … (Other Football) - loz, Aug 23, 14:46:04
        
        Have they said they had to sell all those players to comply? (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 23, 14:51:49
        
        Have uefa rules to comply with as well… (Other Football) - loz, Aug 23, 15:00:28
        
        That doesn't say they needed to sell all those players (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 23, 15:05:02
        
        They didn't need to (Other Football) - mr carra, Aug 23, 15:08:07
        
        Yep. Need to be busy in the market this week (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 23, 15:12:35
        
        I think once they'd sold Tielemans they'd complied with the financial rules (Other Football) - mr carra, Aug 23, 14:51:42
        
        Huge club with huge incomes (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 23, 14:47:29
        
        Newcastle in the same boat also lost all their top players … (Other Football) - loz, Aug 23, 14:47:05
- Buendia playing as their striker! (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Aug 23, 14:35:09
  - Now 10 men 😂 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Aug 23, 14:39:44

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