The Birmingham Mail carry quotes from Steve Bruce that serve to only once again show Levy as a hesitant cheapskate.
World class stadium, world class training complex and the only thing that can bought in a timely manner is…
Oh I take it back before I say it; even the training cones probably took months to acquire until eventually some poor wretch of a supplier caved in and sold them for cost plus VAT.
“If we have to sell them then at least we get the right price for them and can move forward. When you’re up against it and hanging your dirty washing out in public then the vultures are circling and ready to nick your assets.
“At least that’s not going to be the case – well I know that’s not going to be the case – because I’ve had that conversation already. So if anybody is going to buy one of our players now they are going to have to pay a premium.”
What Bruce says here could be misinterpreted as his pride kicking in.
However it makes perfect sense refuse to offload Jack unless his sale were to do some major damage to the Financial Fair Play and/or HMRC debts.
A token gesture simply won’t do and use of the word ‘vultures’ is about right.
Given the potential in Aston Villa, it’s huge fanbase, and the fact it’s not actually the worst football team in the world right now, selling their prize asset for buttons wouldn’t advance their position at all.
With new owners – who have an extensive track record of doing things the right way – Villa would be better off keeping the player and using their own money to serve the debts.
It sounds very much as if, had Levy swung in and made a decent bid, the buy could already have been training with us.
Instead, Levy did what he always will do.
Wait and wait and wait and then bungle his way through.
