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Write up in the Guardian this morning https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/06/aston-villa-tony-xia-bleak-future

Yeah, fair enough. Good point, well made. I don't really want to see any club go to the wall like this but all this "shouldn't happen to a big club" bollocks winds me up. "Oh no, how could this happen to such a behemoth of the game!?" You don't get this sort of media furore when clubs like...

"Cornerstone of the English game" ?! Give me a f**king break.

I entirely disagree. There are twenty teams that belong there and that's it. If you're in it, you belong and if you're not then you don't. Maybe 'deserve' is a better word. Villa do not deserve to be there at the moment. If they get back there then they will.

Here's a list of teams that belong in the Premier League: Arsenal Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Huddersfield Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford...

This is going to make the chances of them successfully playing hardball with any offers for Jack Grealish a bit difficult.