Villa's top 4 or 5 "stars were on £50-55K per week, the rest of the squad were on c. £25K - £45K with most of them around the £30K mark. These are Championship standard players, some of them not even that.
It will be one hell of an achievement to turn all that around in one season and bounce...
I was concerned when I heard Villa had interviewed Nigel Pearson for a second time, then along come the Chinese and Champions League winner Di Matteo is appointed.
I believe this is a real result for the Albion. The Villa job needs a tough, ruthless character with Championship experience and...