Aston Villa are on the rise beneath Unai Emery, with NSWE backing the supervisor within the switch market. Nevertheless, the membership have additionally cashed in on various Villa Park stars down the years – however who’s the membership’s file departure?
Right here at Soccer FanCast, we have taken a have a look at Villa’s costliest gross sales of their historical past, as per Transfermarkt, with an in depth have a look at the highest 12.
Aston Villa’s costliest gross sales of all time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Participant | Charge | Offered to | Yr |
1 | Jack Grealish | £100m | Man Metropolis | 2021 |
2 | Moussa Diaby | £50m | Al-Ittihad | 2024 |
3 | Douglas Luiz | £42.35m | Juventus | 2024 |
4 | Christian Benteke | £32.5m | Liverpool | 2015 |
5 | James Milner | £26m | Man Metropolis | 2010 |
6 | Carney Chukwuemeka | £20m | Chelsea | 2022 |
7 | Stewart Downing | £20m | Liverpool | 2011 |
8 | Cameron Archer | £18m | Sheffield Utd | 2023 |
9 | Ashley Younger | £17m | Man Utd | 2011 |
=10 | Cameron Archer | £15m | Southampton | 2024 |
=10 | Danny Ings | £15m | West Ham | 2023 |
=10 | Matt Targett | £15m | Newcastle | 2022 |
13 | Dwight Yorke | £12.6m | Man Utd | 1998 |
14 | Gareth Barry | £12m | Man Metropolis | 2009 |
15 | Tim Iroegbunam | £9m | Everton | 2024 |
16 | Jordan Amavi | £8.9m | Marseille | 2017 |
=17 | Fabian Delph | £8m | Man Metropolis | 2015 |
=17 | Ugo Ehiogu | £8m | Middlesbrough | 2000 |
19 | Idrissa Gueye | £7.1m | Everton | 2016 |
20 | Gareth Southgate | £6.5m | Middlesbrough | 2001 |
Here is an in depth have a look at Aston Villa’s high 12 gross sales…
12
Matt Targett
£15m to Newcastle, 2022
After a season on mortgage at St James’ Park in 2021/22, Matt Targett sealed a everlasting £15m transfer the next summer time. The next marketing campaign turned out constructive for each golf equipment, with the Magpies qualifying for the Champions League as Unai Emery hauled Villa from relegation bother to European soccer.
Targett has had restricted minutes of late, along with his solely Premier League outing within the 2024/25 season up to now satirically coming in opposition to Villa in December 2024.
11
Danny Ings
£15m to West Ham, 2023
Danny Ings’ £25m change to Aston Villa did not fairly work out, however Villa have been in a position to recoup the vast majority of that sum when promoting to West Ham in January 2023.
David Moyes’ facet paid £12m upfront for the striker, with one other £3m coming Villa’s manner after the Hammers retained their Premier League standing that season, which they achieved alongside their Convention League success.
10
Cameron Archer
£15m to Southampton, 2024
Cameron Archer was offered, purchased again and re-sold by Villa throughout the area of 12 months, with the membership activating a clause in a deal that despatched him to Sheffield United permitting him to return to the Midlands – just for the membership to dump him once more for comparatively massive cash, this time to Southampton.
Offered for a mixed £33m between the 2 offers, the newest one noticed Archer be part of the newly promoted Saints in the summertime of 2024 for £15m, having suffered relegation with the earlier yr’s newboys, Sheffield United, in 2023/24.
9
Ashley Younger
£17m to Man Utd, 2011
Ashley Younger arguably had his finest years as a winger at Aston Villa, spending 4 years on the membership between 2007 and 2011 after becoming a member of from Watford.
Younger made just below 250 appearances in a Villa shirt, and when Manchester United got here calling, Villa cashed in on their star participant by recouping round £17m, making a tidy revenue within the course of.
8
Cameron Archer
£18m to Sheffield Utd, 2023
The primary time Aston Villa offered Cameron Archer was in 2023 to newly promoted Sheffield United. Archer had a good marketing campaign at Bramall Lane which resulted in Villa activating a buy-back clause in 2024, solely to promote him once more months later.
The Blades shelled out £18m to signal the ahead, with their subsequent relegation maybe taking part in a component as soon as Villa sensed they might get some extra money for him, with play-off winners Southampton the most recent beneficiary.
7
Carney Chukwuemeka
£20m to Chelsea, 2022
Younger midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka starred for a quick time frame within the Aston Villa first workforce after coming by way of the academy.
Chukwuemeka’s spectacular performances caught the attention of Chelsea, who added the midfielder to their rising listing of younger signings in 2022 for £20m. Nevertheless, he has already been linked with an exit with out making his mark at Stamford Bridge.
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6
Stewart Downing
£20m to Liverpool, 2011
Stewart Downing was Martin O’Neill’s first signing of the 2009 switch window and his time at Aston Villa was quick and candy. After two seasons, Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish took Downing to Anfield and the left-winger would spend two years with the Reds.
The Anfield facet spent a reported £20m to carry the England worldwide to Merseyside, although the charge has formally remained undisclosed.
5
James Milner
£26m to Man Metropolis, 2010
Premier League icon James Milner initially joined Aston Villa on mortgage in 2005 as a part of Newcastle’s deal to re-sign Nolberto Solano.
Milner would go on to impress at Villa Park and signed on a everlasting foundation three years later in 2008, making a complete of 126 appearances earlier than signing for Man Metropolis in a £26m deal in 2010, from which level he continued to carve out a profitable top-flight profession.
4
Christian Benteke
£32.5m to Liverpool, 2015
Highly effective striker Christian Benteke first made his mark in England with Aston Villa after arriving from Genk in 2012, and the Villans would make an enormous revenue on the Belgian three years later.
It was once more Liverpool who got here calling and paid an eye catching £32.5m charge for the ahead, although his switch to Anfield didn’t work out and he was on the transfer once more 12 months later.
3
Douglas Luiz
£42.35m to Juventus, 2024
Extra not too long ago, central midfielder Douglas Luiz was offered by Aston Villa to Juventus in 2024 after spending 5 profitable years with the membership.
A switch was reportedly price €50m (£42.35m), with Villa quickly taking Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea to the Midlands in return. Amadou Onana has since change into his successor at Villa Park.
2
Moussa Diaby
£50m to Al-Ittihad, 2024
One other big-money exit in 2024 to assist stability the FFP books was Moussa Diaby, who moved to Saudi Arabian facet Al-Ittihad for round £50m.
The France worldwide solely spent one marketing campaign in England, however his shows have been sufficient for Villa to kind of break even on the charge they paid Bayer Leverkusen a yr earlier.
1
Jack Grealish
£100m to Man Metropolis, 2021
Unsurprisingly high of the listing as Aston Villa’s costliest sale is Jack Grealish, whose £100m transfer to Manchester Metropolis in 2021 was a British file on the time.
The attacking midfielder dazzled in claret and blue within the Championship and the Premier League and departed Villa after making greater than 200 video games for his boyhood membership. His deal as the costliest between British golf equipment has since been eclipsed by the likes of Declan Rice and Moises Caicedo.
