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.
Freiburg striker Igor Matanović has made it clear that Aston Villa should expect a brutal battle from the German side in Wednesday’s Europa League final in Istanbul. Speaking to Transfermarkt, the ...
Unai Emery's Villa have been the best thing, making the three-and-a-half-year period the most joyful and fulfilling. Thank you, Unai Emery's Claret and Blue Army. Colin: I started supporting Aston Villa when I was 13 and they won the FA Cup.
Will the Champions League anthem ring in the ears of Bournemouth's players and fans next season? Erling Haaland's late leveller leaves the Cherries three points adrift of fifth-placed Liverpool, but a sixth-place finish would be good enough too if Aston Villa won the Europa League on Wednesday and ended the season in fifth position. Whatever happens, Andoni Iraola will leave the club with at least the Europa League to play in next season, showcasing the sterling work he has produced during his tenure.
Aston Villa will play Champions League football again next season, regardless of what happens in Istanbul on Wednesday. Speaking in January 2024, Emiliano Martinez repeated what he had said when he first signed for the club: "We want to give fans a cup run, we want to give them the trophy, we want to give them Champions League football." Villa have delivered on most of it.
