Damien Duff will join Brentford as first-team assistant coach for the 2026-27 Premier League season. Duff led Shelbourne to the League of Ireland Premier Division title in 2024, following stints at Celtic, Shamrock Rovers and with the Republic of Ireland national team.
Europa League winners Aston Villa will have banked at least 52.6m euros (£45.6m) for winning Uefa's second-tier club competition this season. For reaching the league phase of the Europa League, Villa were given 4.31m euros (£3.7m). Villa earned 1.75m euros (£1.5m) for reaching the last 16, 2.5m euros (£2.2m) for getting to the quarter-finals and an additional 4.2m euros (£3.6m) for getting into the semi-finals.
To be here, in 2026, as captain of Aston Villa is incredible. The average age of Aston Villa's starting XI was 29 years and 342 days, the third-oldest for a Europa League final after Fulham against Atletico de Madrid in 2010 (30y 245d) and Sevilla against Roma in 2023 (30y 53d).
