Aston Villa spending twist could hamper club after Christian Purslow comments - Expert

We’re delighted to welcome football finance expert Dr Daniel Plumley as our exclusive columnist, he’ll be giving his views on the biggest talking points at Aston Villa.

Dan Plumley has insisted that Christian Purslow calling for new strict financial rulings could impact the spending ability of Aston Villa in the transfer market.

The Villans CEO called for the regulations when addressing the power of Newcastle and potentially Manchester United should their takeover go through as expected.

The finance expert admitted that it is hard for Villa to break into the elite as they would like to in the Premier League, with multiple clubs jostling for position.

"I think they are all jostling for position," he exclusively told Villa News.

"I get that as clubs are looking at their own interests and we know that some clubs in that league have significant firepower over others, and people will point that at Newcastle and Manchester United.

"I think this is tricky with the regulator in the background too, what does he see as extremely strict? If you start to regulate, you put constraints on Aston Villa as well, so they've got to factor that into the mix. Ultimately, given the situation at the minute, despite the run they've had under Emery, it is still going to be really hard to break into that elite and that's what this probably relates to as much as anything.

"Any kind of regulation will also have an impact on your ability to spend and put plans in place, it's an interesting narrative but everyone is jostling for position as well."

Ultimately, to break to into those elite clubs in the Premier League, Aston Villa will need to spend money so the fans may have been left scratching their heads at Purslow's latest comments.

With a solid end to the season which could bring European football and a big summer spend, that could transform the club completely, before any type of regulation potentially arrives.

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