Seven days of utter Villa-deficient tedium.
The New Kit Exclusive season has started early and the word on the street (internet styleee) is that it’ll be all-claret. No. Just no. We’ve also got £25 million for a Witton station upgrade. Perhaps while they’re at it they can finally get round to changing the name to Villa Park.
Morgan Rogers has signed a new six-year contract, which means he’ll go for more when he’s sold next summer ((c) Every miseyarsed Villa supporter for the past hundred years).
An interview with Ross Barkley lifts the lid on a lot of things and goes a long way towards explaining why he’s never done as much as he might have. The words ‘drink and ‘issues’ feature heavily. More proof that earning a million quid a year still doesn’t stop you from having a lot of the same problems as the rest of us.
Talking of more proof, here’s that shows our players tend to be a cut above even when they’re not our players anymore. A court in Germany rules that Mainz have to pay Anwar El Ghazi £1.3 million for sacking him after he said things about the Israeli-Gaza war.
Emiliano Buendia is called up to the Argentinian squad to join Lionel Messi & co. You could have probably got good odds on that three months ago. They’ve given the other Emi the week off.
England beat Serbia with Ezri Konsa and Morgan Rogers starting. Elsewhere during the week Buendia came on for Argentina against Angola and John McGinn was as majestic as ever in another Scottish moral victory. So far, so uninured good.
Spoke too soon. Ezri’s out of the England squad and so is Lamare Bogarde from the Dutch under-21s. Oh joy.
The schedule for Euro 2028 is announced and we’re getting fours game. At least that’s what we think; the all-new singing, dancing, multi-zillion pound Bordesley Superdupermegadome will, of course, take them and every other game they want. And if it isn’t ready then they’ll just put the tournament back a few decades.
England beat the might of Albania 2-0, with Rogers coming on for 25 minutes. Meanwhile the Villa women’s ream lose to something called London City Lionesses. And they bear the name of the city as well.
