So, it would appear that what many of us thought is indeed true.
We haven’t got a pot to do the proverbial in and Randy Lerner has well and truly pulled the plug, according to the Sunday People/Mirror.
The article shows a shocking state of affairs, where Lerner has stripped his house near Bodymoor Heath and has apparently cut Paul Lambert’s request for £20 million in half and only given him £10 million including wages.
The article puts paid to a couple of points for me.
The first being that it pretty much proves Lerner’s wanting out of Aston Villa isn’t a pretend thing. Not that I ever thought it was.
And secondly, the article goes on to mention that the average wage in the Premier league is £64,000 a week or £3.2 million a year. So much for the massively over-paid players we had on the books that many kept complaining about (yes, ok some weren’t being used enough, but this is an average figure. Are all other club’s players fully utilised?).
Anyway, even if you want to debate that, against this average £64k a week, we have to be content in offering £20k.
Good grief, there are championship players getting a fair bit more than that!
And that for me, sums everything up.
My god Randy, I hope you know what you’re doing, as if you don’t make a sale and soon, we’re going to be in very serious trouble, with every likelyhood that we’re going down this time.
Even the Albion are totally embarassing us, in that they offered more money to Joleon Lescott.
You have to wonder why Lambert is swallowing this, as he’d have been very reasonable in walking away with at least some of his reputation intact, but my guess would be that he’s been offered a nice little bonus to stick with it.
What a shame it’s come to this. Randy Lerner was a man I quite admired when he first came, with all his talk about wanting to do the best for the club etc.
If this story is true, it seems to me he practically views us with contempt.
And that view is now reciprocal. The sooner he’s gone, the better, is how I now feel.
And that makes me feel sorry.
Comments
75 responses to “Lambert limited to £10 mill spend, including wages!”
10 million is more than enough. We’ll be fine. Lambert will sign 8-9 players from the lower leagues and it’ll be happy days. Can’t wait for the season to start.
I think your assessment of Lamberk staying is spot on. He’s on a decent wage in a situation that is no lose for him – praised by the media if he keeps the team in the PL and if he gets relegated the lack of funding has been made public. No doubt we’re bang in trouble but who amongst us didn’t know that anyway? I can only think that adding two maybe three players and the returning bomb squad may make Lamberk think that he’s got a fighting chance? It’s a truly sad state of affairs but not surprising in an way, shape or form given the previous 4 seasons. August’s games are very winnable so we’ll know by the end of the first month what sort of struggle we’ll have.
we are in the s**t big time, this time we are down
And we’ll do so by finishing bottom. Worst team in the league, on and off the pitch
I have to agree with SEB Lambert will have to scrape the barrel for players freebies mainly unwanted by clubs.I even think the figure of 10mil is a bit optimistic imo,LERNER wants out possibly the VILLA is becoming a hinderence to him now. Yes I think the club will be in the shit next season,this is one unhappy villan. 🙁
Just been on the Paddy Power website and there are around 14 teams who are single figures to be relegated. This shows what a load of old tripe makes up the Prem now in that 6 teams will battle it out for the honours and the rest will scrap out for a top half finish. We must pick up points from the first three games or we could be in the bottom three by the time the clocks go back. How the bomb squad react to their recall from two years of being in the wilderness could be crucial.
Whilst I am sure there is at least some truth in this story the numbers are bollocks. Prem squad is about 23/24 players isn’t it? At average £3.2M per player that means £73-76M players wages for first team squad alone. That is way beyond many in the Premiership, though granted a fraction of what Man City or Chelsea might be paying. And that’s not even counting the additional NI the club would pay on top.
It is just more proof that we are in deep trouble, and all the ITK rubbish about takeovers done and dusted was a million miles wide of the mark. I hope there is some movement but I am fearful we are stuck in this situation for some time to come.
what i find hard to grasp is hull tigers ~ promoted other year, its reported they are offering 60k wages they are, without being disrespectful tiny compared to us mighty villa, why is it were offering 20k and struggling with higher pay packages.
i get lerners made a whole lot of amateur financial decisions, but thats hardly the clubs fault. hes turned a great club with pristine history. in his regime hes managed 2turned us in2 a sunday league club, a laughing stock. iam getting rather mad, slander grrrrr fooook offf u leach
if i had a money pit of a club, i cut my losses and get the fook out. hes definitely asset stripping us. we had league 1 wage budgets. no transfer budgets, no ambition no fooking chance foook offff wanker.
What the hell do you expect ? If your selling your house do you buy a new shed ?
excuses what happened in the last 4 seasons, where he demanded lambert sell all players earning a premier wages. now releasing the statement iam selling gives him a excuse to completely turn off the money tap
hes got screwed by his misses and managers now hes screwing us, i ain’t bending over for him or anybody. if your selling ur house and its not drumming up interests u either take it off the market, or look at reasons ie clutter, toning down the decoy sometimes you need 2 spend some 2 drum up interests, nobody is gonna buy a run down football league club stripped of all assets and no tv money. compared 2 one like the club HE bought ~ may not av been winning leagues but the ship was running smoothly
whats this news on darren bent being offered a chance in turkey. any truth in this one. probably lerners best buys ~ 20 odd million and 65k wages for striker, then sell the wingers made more sense. than buying a football club and having no idea wot football actually was. before he got his greasy hands on the finances of this great club. its was all in order a chimp could av run us better, no major work needed, sit back and tweak alittle maybe hire somebody with football knowledge to advise
Nath get it off your chest mate, I’m beyond caring now.
blood is boiling being pissed on by a yank, all cos his pissed at the ex and his inability 2 run his affairs like a real business
the fooker is bleeding us dry without a care, the 20mill and 20k wages hes been allowing for the past 4 seasons is taking the piss when u consider the money generated, 4seasons of cost cutting and now hes offering 10mill with wages included.this is proof the dirty wanker is doing one with the tv money. which again has increased
i would plead with all fans 2 revolt now thats the final straw. he doesn’t mind a slow sale hes taking the money generated with giving absolutely nothing back parasite
Well nows the time the only way to revolt is simply don’t go. Don’t spend another penny on the club, don’t buy merchandise either. Merchandise is such a rip of anyway made for tuppence in a third world country and flogged on to us fans for thousands of percent profit. Ridiculous
Lol. Why you all getting ur knickers in a twist. The moment he said he was selling we all knew this was coming.
We will be safe again!!!
don’t be to sure of urself
years of under investing has lead to a squad, unbalanced and short of premier class. relegation might be what we deserve after last 2 years off cheating it.
bookmakers don’t offer 7/2 cos they think ur safe 7/2 is massive for villa cos bookmakers want ppl 2 take it .
Spot on that’s the problem we will be safe again so I guess that’s good enough for most fans but not for me
Lerners reduced the spending cos season tickets will be way down. I know about 9 from 12 haven’t renewed and I am one of them. I’m afraid after 40 years I have just got bored with it all.
Don’t blame you Steve I know 3 from 18 that have bothered but only because their seats in trinity have been in the family for generations. Having said that they still won’t be attending much they’ve had enough they just don’t want anyone else getting their seats.
If we have to start the new season with no new owner , lambert still in charge & the current piss poor bag of wank squad then what hope have we got , the only positive at VP is that we have somehow managed to stay in the prem & sooner or later that will change .
So with a pathetic budget for next season that means all we can expect is more 32+ over the hill has beens that nobody else wants, so in all fairness who can blame anybody that decides not to renew , I say fair play to them , the football is shit and so are most of the players .
I’m amazed why everyone’s so surprised pretty obvious been saying it for ages. It will be exactly the same as last season Lerner will not sell before new season. The current regime is here for at least another year get used to it. If anyone wants to spend their money watching this shit then fair enough. But for every pound that’s spend it basically says to Lerner we are supporting you no matter what. I for one won’t spend another penny at VP this year in fact if I was given a free season ticket I still wouldn’t bother which says it all.
I’ve given up on it, Yanks are ruthless in businesses not met one that’s not, we have a yank that inherited money and he’s hanging on to it. God help us because that twat will not.
I’d love to come on here & spread some positive energy but I find it absolutely impossible to do that.I didn’t know it was that possible to squeeze a club to its bare bones, maybe it’s me surely LERNER’S no business man ?? He should be placed on some sporting industry blacklist.he’s a fucking joke trouble is I ain’t laffing.
Giddy mate, I’m just as bewildered as the next Villa fan on what’s going on, he must by now have got the message that fans are not happy, sales down and boxes not sold, media attention not bothering with Villa, all but the club know its only time will tell, I’m waiting in hope to see if we are sold, its the only way out of this mess.
Mate what the he’ll is that picture your using???? 😀 just as the Mexicans score.is it a monkey Bill I’m roaring here.
Yes mate its Lerner, making a monkey out of us, Vlaar having a bad day Oohah will be pleased.
Mate I was going to mention that about vlaar his value is diminishing as we chat. I personally liked the pigs flying which is very apt because next season we’ll have more chance of that happening.
Noticed bloody awful game yet again. Gutted holland won all of itv can one have a wank fest over LVG. Did anyone see MON reaction when they labelled LVG a genius for playing 3 at the back. He said he was doing that at Leicester and clough did it at forest. Hate MON but great that he put the obsequious utd arse kickers in their place
Awful? He’s playing against world class footballers, who at times got the better of him, other times he stood firm and made the important tackles. He also organises the other two in the centre with him pretty well.
Not sure if you understood LVG tactics but for me, to have XI men behind the ball for 60 mins then go for it last 30 mins, due to the extreme heat and humidity, was well played and worked a treat!!
You really do only see the negatives in absolutely everything. Do us a favour and go support Man City
That wasn’t his tactics actually he had to go fit it because they were one nil down so no choice. Btw what do u think of this drink break bollox absolute joke IMO these are supposed to be super fit athletes Ffs. The England players of old never had this bollox. Also gives teams a tactical advantage on occasions and breaks up rhythm. LVG admitted it gave him a chance to make tactical changes
Would relegation be such a bad thing? We have some decent championship standard players, a championship manager and no money. Go down and we might even compete, have a few decent games, some good away days, maybe challenge for the play offs and do a bit of giant killing in the cup.
Stay up and unless we get a mega bucks sheikh, a new team and a new manager and coaching staff we will at very best survive lower mid table or go down with yet another season of anxiety, rubbish football, big beatings and unbearable tension.
What’s the point in that?
Fair point at least we can compete and maybe that’s where we are now the new Leeds
A thought crossed my mind watching them Oohah, Mon, did he understand at the time he walked, he was at a loss with what Lerner was saying and doing to the club. We all jumped at what he did to us Villa Fans, but I was wondering did he know after being told to sell players sitting on their arse that the end would be what we have now. I hope when the club does get sold he will open his mouth to us and revealed all. Just a thought I might add.
I think he left as Milner was sold under him and Lerner suddenly realised he was throwing good money after bad as we were never going to get CL. Once in a lifetime chance but MON was the wrong person
Mon knew what was coming and totally bottled it imo. He left a few days before season started for maximum impact. He is a media darling for some strange reason as he’s won virtually fuck all so is beyond reproach. He failed miserably with us despite having the most money ever in our history. Spurs and city were nowhere near what they are now yet he totally bottled it when we were 9 points clear of arsenal. He coukd never win a game in March Ffs what’s that all about. Took over from Bruce at Sunderland and did a worse job. The guy is an overrated myth IMO
BILL I do believe there’s some gagging order in place mate,maybe when Lerner fucks off Mon will speak out.I certainly think things were said behind closed doors
I agree Giddy, just want to see my team being some kind of force, had enough of being a joke club. All this came about by Lambert walking and trying to be clever, he was never a premier manager, just a cheap way for Lerner to save money at our cost.
A crao manger with no money to spend. Cant wait for the season to start.
i am sat here tonight reading all these comments and feeling really sad that something i have loved nearly sixty years is going through so much turmoil, pain and humiliation,i am not sat waiting for some spoiled septic to be benevolent and put his hand in his pocket to give us some loose change so we could probably buy Heskey back or similar,i will do whatever i can to help and support my team i hear “don’t renew season tickets”, “don’t buy merchandise”. and “Ive been a supporter since the third division” well if you ask people that were there before then and have seen what a shambles we were then with supporters having a whip round to buy paint to spruce up villa park. on an aside , i have life changing surgery this week after being off work for three years and will require 4-6 weeks rehab and after that time i will be in the park during games just to savor the atmosphere and i know my club will know who i support and when i get back to work i will buy a season ticket , and a new top because good or bad its ASTON VILLA and all the joy they have given me in sixty years will be re-paid with something called loyalty
I’d rather flush money down the loo than spend another penny on Villa under Lerner and Lamberk. At least that way the pain is quick and easy, instead of week in, week out having to sit and watch the pathetic joke we have become.
I can understand people are in the “habit” of doing so, but nothing gets the message across better than empty stands and low merchandise sales. Just depends how much the sheep are still sucking up to Lamberk and Lerner.
Spot on Belcs iv spent tens of thousands since the old third division days following the club thru thick and thin. Iv earned the right to say enough is enough you will not take the piss out of me any longer. When or if Lerner sakes and lamberk is a million miles away from the club then my support will come back in the meantime iv donated ST money to cancer charity which gives me more pleasure than giving it to the club
Billy Boots I fully understand what you’re saying,I’m possibly 15 years older and yes we did chip in to help our beloved football club in many ways, but it was then owned by British owners, today foreign businesses have taken over, I’m a person that stands by Queen and country and my love of Villa, but I will not let a Yank that’s taking the piss out of us Brits have my money if hes useing us, hope your problem on health goes well I’ve just had a similar opp on myself two months ago and trying to get back on my feet, anyway my lad has renewed his company seats and I will use that till I can see a change in Villa’s problems.
yeah cheers bill at the end of the day its the colours and the club i support not one individual because they’re all capable of breaking your bloody heart
Lerner wants out, so why are empty seats and bad shirt sales going to hurt him, he won’t gain or lose anything from it!!!!
The only losers will be the club, the club you say you “support” – for me, thats regardless of what owner/manager!!!
How can the club be losers the players will still get their obscene amounts of money and it’s not like the club will go bust. You really do talk crap with your misplaced loyalty.
Hahahaha, misplaced loyalty – Fine one to talk!!
The club will lose out because the negativity you want at the club will deflect onto the players and their performances. If they’re shit, we lose. Therefore, the club will lose out by playing with relegation again. Which btw, is not inevitable as you’re now thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fans have positively backed the club last season at home in every game and we were still shit with the worst home record ever. What’s your point!!
Helenius, you make as much sense as your pathetic excuse of a namesake footballer. You talk utter crap!
Listen to yourself, writing the world off before a balls kicked!!! Find a hole and stay there until you proved everyone and his dog right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helenius so we should all put up & shut up basically like many on here like FUCK I am.
Helenius is one if the reasons we are shit. A supporter who is happy to accept dross football because he thinks that’s what being a loyal supporter is all about!!
Not even close Oohah. We are crap because Lerner has cut back so severely after years of errors, and we probably have the wrong manager. I haven’t been to a single match for two whole seasons but i am happy to salute those fans that continue to turn up in the face of the misery that supporting the club brings.
Lerner will get out as soon as he can, and I really don’t think fans turning up or not will make any difference to when he does. It’s not as if he is there to witness it.
Hats off to you Helenius.
True but fans that go to games and spend money can’t moan about the dross served as they are the ones that say it’s ok by going
Not necessarily claiming it’s okay by going, they simply have a different opinion that they believe they need to go to support the club. You believe you don’t have to go and you still “support” the club, not the owner/directors. Neither do they, but they support the players, as this isn’t exactly their fault. Why would you not take a pay raise and move up to one of the biggest leagues in the world, despite possibly not thinking you’re good enough? That’s who they support, not the people behind the scenes who are responsible for it.
Problem is you can’t support one without the other
Of course you can. Yes they may be “involuntarily” helping them with their money, but it’s hardly enough money for any owner at the moment to do anything with. Unless they’re there cheering on Lerner and Lambert, instead of every player, then they’d be supporting them now, instead of what they’re actually supporting, the players.
Yes Giddy, put up and shut up, do us all a favour!!!!
The club will lose out if we go with OOHAAH’s approach – Even less appeal for potential buyers
55 years, and thats it for me. How long do you let people take the piss before you start fighting back? I refuse to cower in the corner whilst Lerner bullies me into submission and uses our loyalty against us! My self esteem will never get that low! I have witnessed NIL progress in the last 4 years….disgusting way to repay loyalty from a man who doesnt even have the decency to come out and explain why he is continually taking the piss! I have never allowed anyone to bully me in my life and I have no intention of starting now.
Fuck offLerner, the Villa is OURS!