Aston Villa News Now (2024)

FAQs

What is the motto of Aston Villa? ›

The traditional motto "Prepared" remains in the badge, and the name Aston Villa has been shortened to AVFC, FC having been omitted from the previous badge. The lion is now unified as opposed to fragmented lions of the past.

The city of Trabzon in Turkey homes Trabzonspor would you believe, one of the most successful clubs outside of the three big İstanbul sides – Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas. After officially forming in 1967 the club adopted the claret and blue in honour of Aston Villa's heritage.

Aston Villa have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. Their most recent domestic honour was a League Cup win in 1996.

Nassef Onsi Sawiris (Arabic: ناصف أنسي ساويرس; born 19 January 1961) is an Egyptian businessman, and the youngest of Onsi Sawiris' three sons (his brothers are Naguib and Samih). As of October 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$8.7 billion, making him the richest Egyptian. Chairman, Aston Villa F.C.

V Sports, Sawiris' joint venture with American billionaire Wesley Edens, has had full control of Villa since 2019 and is one of the league's lesser known multi-club regimes, with a network that includes Portuguese club Vitoria SC and partnerships with teams in Spain, Egypt and Japan.

Under the current ownership of Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, there has been concrete support for a long-term redevelopment of Villa Park. In December 2021, CEO Christian Purslow announced that redevelopment plans were forecasted to take "two to ten years".

I was looking around for clubs. All my friends at school were either Man United fans or Chelsea fans and I didn't want to follow the run of the mill teams,” he said. “I wanted to have a team that was more mid-table that could give me more emotional rollercoaster moments. “Aston Villa's always had a great history.

Aston Villa - Birmingham City

The last game between these two sides based in Birmingham, traditionally known as England's 'Second City', was in 2019, when Aston Villa won 1-0 at St Andrew's.

Villa are also one of the most successful football teams, they have won the league title seven times, the FA Cup seven times and the League Cup five times, but the last time they won a cup was in 1996 and the last time they won the league title was in 1981.

Sawiris and Edens bought Aston Villa in 2018. They bought the club from Chinese investor Tony Xia, under whom the club went into administration. Xia owned the club for two years, buying it for £76m in May 2016 from American billionaire Randy Lerner.

How much is Aston Villa's squad worth today? ›

With a squad value estimated at £553 million (€646.20 million) according to Transfermarkt, Villa has experienced a breathtaking surge in recent years. Just a few short seasons ago, in 2018-19, Aston Villa's squad was valued at a more modest £140 million (approximately €164 million).

By this time, some supporters and former club managers criticised Ellis's alleged lack of ambition, noting that the club often struggled to bring in top players. On 14 August 2006, it was announced that Ellis had agreed to sell the club to American billionaire, Randy Lerner in a deal worth £62.6 million.

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