They didn't need to

Or, at least they didn't need to because of financial rules. However they had quite a number of ageing players going into the last year or two of their contracts so this was their last chance to get decent money for them.

Posted By: mr carra on August 23rd 2026 at 15:08:07

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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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