Dean Smith Aston Villa
Jack Grealish’s future at Aston Villa remains in the balance, but talks to sign a new bumper contract have already begun while the club captain is away on international duty with England at EURO 2020. In an interview,
Dean Smith said: “Villa footballers have won the top trophy before, the European Cup in 1982. I’m not saying I’m going to lead the team to that but that has to be the aim: to plan, over the next five or six years, to try to be challenging in Europe and things like that. You see the progress Wolverhampton have made over the last three years and that’s been fantastic to see as a fellow Midlander. You can’t help but admire what they’ve done. So a club as historically esteemed as ourselves should be aiming at that level as well. That’s what our owners will be aiming at and that’s what we have to aim at as coaching and playing staff.”
Having spent more than £250million on transfer fees alone since gaining promotion back to the Premier League in 2019, Sawiris and Edens have let their actions do the talking.
