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Aston Villa chief executive says club will not be forced to sell top players

Purslow

Getty Images | Chief executive Christian Purslow (pictured) also said that, like any club in the Premier League, Villa would not hesitate to rid themselves of players whose value to the Birmingham club did not extend to the pitch.

"We're a club these days that doesn't have to worry about selling our assets to survive," Villa's CEO, Christian Purslow, told talkSPORT.

This is a significant indication that, following major investment from the club's owners in recent times, Villa are now in a much healthier situation than they were just 12 months ago when they came close to bankruptcy.

27 November 2019 - 11:23 AM

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