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Unai Emery says he’ll build a squad fit for the Champions League - but only after staying within the financial rules.
Aston Villa’s boss will sit down with owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens to work out what he needs to do this summer. Despite the £50m windfall from qualifying for European football’s most prestigious competition, the losses incurred during the last accounting year will weigh heavily.
Villa are also expected to have to sell before they can buy this summer. Whatever the circumstances, however, Emery says he will be operating within the regulations.
He said: “We have to arrange what we are doing with Financial Fair play at the start. Then, through that, we must be intelligent and build a new team. We are not thinking to add or sign players. We are trying to be intelligent. We have to work now, and analyse it deeply.
“Financially, being in the Champions League is better than not. Our budget could be better. We are going to have to be clinical with our decisions.
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“But we have to manage Financial Fair Play for this season. Then, we build. And I think we can be intelligent and build a strong team to compete in the Champions League, Premier League and the cups.”
Asked if Villa could challenge on two fronts, Emery added: “It’s very difficult. In the middle of the season we played against Manchester City and Arsenal. We won both. We were there.
“But those teams have been amazingly consistent and competitive. I always want to get better. I always have my dreams. I believe in them.
“My objective is to win the Premier League and the Champions League. It’s very difficult. But I dream with our supporters.”
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