morty
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We'll start with a wee disclaimer, this isn't excusing us being shite at Chelsea, or justifying whether or not our self financing model can work. Just a little bit of a case study with a few interesting figures.
Aston Villa.
Obviously Aston Villa were one of the biggest clubs "back in the day" but there are a few interesting parallels between our two clubs in recent years, and some, also interesting, comparisons to be made. Let's start in the 92-93 season, with Villa finishing just two points ahead of us in the shiny new Premier league. Our two clubs, obviously took slightly differing directions after that! Fast forward to the end of the 2016 season, Villa are relegated, bringing an end to their stay in the Prem after 29 years. Ignoring the boring bits in between, we move onto the end of the 2018-2019 season, City lift the trophy at Villa park, as Villa themselves prepare for the playoffs.
Their 19-20 season finished with them just scraping up on 17th, they improved in 20-21 and finished 11th, and now they are in a fairly "meh" position of 13th with 10 points. They flirted with the top 6 between 2007-2010. But what have they spent to get where they are? I'm going to concentrate on spending rather than net spend etc, as it just gets too complicated. Villa are currently jointly owned by two billionaires, Egyptian Nassef Sawiris, and American Wes Edens.
Using Transfermarkt as a resource, which is normally pretty reliable, I have had a look at what Villa have spent. There is an obvious, interesting, parallel that we both sold our best player this season, to improve our overall squads.
2015-2016 64.76 million.
2016-2017 49.41 million.
2017-2018 44.78 million.
2018-2019 91.22 million.
2019-2020 103.14 million.
2020-2021 80.37 million.
2021-2022 104.58 million.
A total, over the sample period, of 538.26 million.
Pretty eye watering figures to be an average, mid table Premier league side!
For comparison let's have a look at our spend over a similar time, again just spend, as opposed to net. Note that these figures are current market value ones as opposed to actual transfer fee, not sure why they use this instead of transfer fee, but it does include loan fees, so is relevant to total spend. Obviously none of these figures include wages, you could argue you can get a player cheaper if you are willing to pay him more in wages.
2015-2016 65.16 million.
2016-2017 15.89 million.
2017-2018 19.15 million.
2018-2019 29.25 million.
2019-2020 40.73 million.
2020-2021 38.66 million.
2021-2022 110.75 million.
A total, over the sample period, of 208.84 million.
Aston Villa.
Obviously Aston Villa were one of the biggest clubs "back in the day" but there are a few interesting parallels between our two clubs in recent years, and some, also interesting, comparisons to be made. Let's start in the 92-93 season, with Villa finishing just two points ahead of us in the shiny new Premier league. Our two clubs, obviously took slightly differing directions after that! Fast forward to the end of the 2016 season, Villa are relegated, bringing an end to their stay in the Prem after 29 years. Ignoring the boring bits in between, we move onto the end of the 2018-2019 season, City lift the trophy at Villa park, as Villa themselves prepare for the playoffs.
Their 19-20 season finished with them just scraping up on 17th, they improved in 20-21 and finished 11th, and now they are in a fairly "meh" position of 13th with 10 points. They flirted with the top 6 between 2007-2010. But what have they spent to get where they are? I'm going to concentrate on spending rather than net spend etc, as it just gets too complicated. Villa are currently jointly owned by two billionaires, Egyptian Nassef Sawiris, and American Wes Edens.
Using Transfermarkt as a resource, which is normally pretty reliable, I have had a look at what Villa have spent. There is an obvious, interesting, parallel that we both sold our best player this season, to improve our overall squads.
2015-2016 64.76 million.
2016-2017 49.41 million.
2017-2018 44.78 million.
2018-2019 91.22 million.
2019-2020 103.14 million.
2020-2021 80.37 million.
2021-2022 104.58 million.
A total, over the sample period, of 538.26 million.
Pretty eye watering figures to be an average, mid table Premier league side!
For comparison let's have a look at our spend over a similar time, again just spend, as opposed to net. Note that these figures are current market value ones as opposed to actual transfer fee, not sure why they use this instead of transfer fee, but it does include loan fees, so is relevant to total spend. Obviously none of these figures include wages, you could argue you can get a player cheaper if you are willing to pay him more in wages.
2015-2016 65.16 million.
2016-2017 15.89 million.
2017-2018 19.15 million.
2018-2019 29.25 million.
2019-2020 40.73 million.
2020-2021 38.66 million.
2021-2022 110.75 million.
A total, over the sample period, of 208.84 million.
