A couple of days ago I heard that Villa's wife did not want to leave Spain. So even if Totenham's offer was better, they couldn't send him to a league he didn't want to play.
Now, I believe that although we are losing money on this transfer, it was better to sell him now and stop paying his salary than continue to pay his salary and watch him go for free. If it is true that he didn't want to leave spain, I can see why not many teams could afford him (b.c of his salary) and I can see why Atletico would be his destination.
It was a bad transfer b.c villa should have been sold a long time ago when he had a good market value. After Pep Left, Villa should have sold right away.
B.c of his big salary of 11 millons and b.c of the time left in his contract, b.c he didn't want to leave Spain, b.c no other team could afford him, b.c he was no longer a useful player
I think we should be happy we got rid of villa even for that price