honestly?
who do you think has been paying the wages? net spend at villa for lerner? you need to add up all the transfer fees and all the wages, then take away the club income to find that out
since lerner took over though, the spending on the playing staff alone hasn't been too far shy of £500m. now obviously, the club makes a few bob, but it runs at a loss all the same. where's the milner money? it paid for wages for terrible signings