Maybe more attacking options.
In recent years we have seen lots of clubs signing a large number of players, apart from Forest it rarely works and is far from ideal .
That iswhy DM is trying to keep as many as possible from last season at...
Maybe because we are trying to sign better players whose clubs will not sell easily.
I have seen the promoted clubs bringing in lots of players, mostly ones I haven't heard of and quite a few from weaker leagues.
Just a correction - we (Villa) don't need to raise funds. We have now problems with money but SCR. We need to bring down the wage bill to be UEFA competition compliant to something like 70% of income. We won't be selling McGinn, though, either way.
Not sure about him Dave.
Undoubtedly an excellent player for Villa but will be 31 later this year.
A new challenge for him at a new club, new manager, new teammates, new fans could see an uplift in form.
It is never going to be a long term...