00:00Charlie, let's start with Aston Villa and their transfer, merry-go-round. Obviously,
00:07we spoke about the PSR issues before the end of June, and we're now in July. What's the
00:14latest you can tell us, and is there any sort of developing rumours and updates that you
00:19can issue?
00:20It's funny you use the word merry-go-round, because it's exactly what I've been talking
00:24about all week, is how it's been such a merry-go-round for Villa. But it's pretty much complete now,
00:29that whole PSR problem that was going on for so many weeks. Villa now clear of any kind
00:34of worry of sanctions from the Premier League. There was one point when if Villa didn't make
00:38any sales, then they could have maybe received a points deduction or some sort of embargo
00:42or not able to carry on in the transfer window, as they would have hoped. But now that Douglas
00:46Luiz has completed his move to Juventus, those worries are out the window. And Omari Kellyman
00:51as well, going to Chelsea for ÂŁ19 million, a massive help. Tim O'Rourke and them going
00:56to Everton for about ÂŁ10 million, another help once again. There are swap deals in there
01:01though, with all three of those clubs. With Juventus, Luiz went there for ÂŁ42 million.
01:06In return, Villa have bought Enzo Berenicea and Samuel Illing-Jr for about ÂŁ21 million
01:13combined. All separate transactions, though it's pretty much a swap deal. With Chelsea,
01:18of course they've signed Ian Mattson for ÂŁ37.5 million. A bigger deal than what they've sold,
01:24but it works out pretty well for Villa, I think, in the long term. Getting a new left-back
01:28in who was in a Champions League final, in the Champions League team of the season and
01:31selling a youngster who's pretty unproven at this stage, I think that's pretty good
01:35business. And then from Everton, Lewis Dobbin was signed, a young striker who can add a
01:39bit of depth. So all of that's now out the way. I think Villa fans can stop worrying
01:43about is it going to be announced? Is it actually done? It is for all of those deals. So a relief
01:48for me as well.
01:50And of course, an incredible finish in the Premier League last season that secured European
01:55football again, obviously this time in the form of the best club competition on the earth
01:59with the Champions League. Let's look ahead to where they're obviously going to go into
02:06this season and aim for surely another go at that Champions League. But they might have
02:11to sort of understand that with those Champions League games could sort of sacrifice a bit
02:15of a lead position. Where do you think they are going to be aiming towards finishing at
02:20the back end of next season?
02:22I think the aim is going to be to continue in that run in the Champions League. Whether
02:26or not that's going to happen or not, I think is a different story because last year there
02:30were two fewer games in the group stage of the Europa Conference League and it was the
02:34third best European competition. They're now going into the most elite one and everyone
02:38knows all the clubs that you can face in the Champions League, the likes of Barcelona and
02:43Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Juventus, the best teams in Europe. So I think, yes, top
02:49four is their aim, top six maybe more realistic, but everyone was so surprised by how they
02:54did last year. I'm sure they're just going to kick on again. They're doing so, so well
02:57under Unai Emery.
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