Christian Purslow said: “Our strategy was to break down Jack’s key attributes and to find these qualities in three forward players.”
The 57-year-old confirmed these players to include City’s record exit Emi Buendia, who swapped yellow and green for claret and blue early this summer after expressing his desire to leave Carrow Road swiftly following promotion.
Christian Purslow said: “In signing Buendia, (£30million winger) Leon Bailey and (England-capped striker) Danny Ings, we believe we have achieved this key objective, and in doing so, have also reduced an over-dependency on one brilliant footballer.”
As far as whether Villa will be left depending on one brilliant footballer, City fans might have something to say following their acquisition of Buendia, but it didn’t take them long to work out quite what that meant for their own side.
