Breathing life into the beautiful game since their establishment in 1874, Aston Villa call Villa Park their battleground, settling lines of attack and defence on this native English soil. It's a club with a profound history, marked like battle scars across troubled centuries of football.
Weighing in with an overall accumulated market value of approximately £454 million, according to the official stats on Transfermarkt, Aston Villa are not to be taken lightly in terms of their financial clout. This basket, holding not only potential bricks of talent but securing a foundation for the club, demonstrates a considerable investment in the sport.
The Villa are not short of a player or several either, boasting a squad of 22 lads willing to don the colours and uphold the club's honour. With an average age of 26 years, the team holds a desirable balance of youthful vigour met with an undercurrent of experienced grit.
This season has seen the side occupy their Saturdays and some nights in midweek across multiple fronts of footballing warfare. They have engaged in four separate competitions, striking their marks and pressing their claims. The Premier League has seen them respectfully hold down a 4th place in the standings, whilst the FA Cup halted their progress in the Fourth Round, the League Cup showing a similar performance with a Third Round exit. An international flavour arrived with their foray into the Europa League, where they breasted the tape in the Last 16.
