Villa were a big club, and they have an ambitious project. It's a great project to move to.
Regarding us. Check the salary we offer our top players compared to EPL. Check Lewa wage to Haalands, Ferrans to what he got in City. Etc. We still play top dollar.
Check Valverde wage, and Setiens. We still paid managers way too much.
We have 17 or so execs on 300k/yr each according to stories last week. Way more than necessary and money that could go towards Alemany.
Then we have the 25m/yr proposed Messi offer (+whatever else will be thrown on top). Supposedly Messi brings more than his cost YET we could not afford his renewal before
So we have the money, while also being in financial ruin. We just choose to prioritize it's allocations in perhaps the wrong places.