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Worth over £100m: Aston Villa have struck gold on the new Rogers & Ramsey

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Published Oct 2, 2026, 7:45 AM GMT+1

Angus is an experienced football writer at Football FanCast, specialising in analytical reporting, opinion and feature writing, with particular expertise in Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur.

A journalist since graduating from Southampton Solent University in 2022, Angus has built extensive experience across the football media industry. Before joining Football FanCast, he led VAVEL's Brighton & Hove Albion department, developing experience in club-specific reporting and editorial leadership.

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Aston Villa are not a selling club. Their meteoric rise over the past several years emphasises an ambition and execution of strategy that is simply beyond the lion's share of Premier League competitors.

See how Tottenham Hotspur find themselves in freefall; Newcastle United, whose rise parallels the Villa's own in some regards, have been consumed by their own ambition, hamstrung by PSR.

Under the watchful eye of Unai Emery, Aston Villa have been more savvy, done things better. Sure, they've had to sell to circumvent the Premier League's ever frustrating financial barriers, but they are emergent as one of the top clubs on the continent.

How Aston Villa have become first-class sellers

Way back when, Aston Villa sold Jack Grealish to Manchester City for a British-record £100m fee. It felt like the end of something good at Villa Park, but Emery would soon arrive, taking the Villan persuasion beyond their wildest dreams.

Aston Villa are into their second European campaign in three seasons, having won the Europa League last year. However, many of the players who created this dynasty have now left for new challenges, with Morgan Rogers the biggest sale of the lot.

Aston Villa's Premier League Rise

Season

Points

Final Position

*26/27*	4	16th
25/26	65	4th
24/25	66	6th
23/24	68	4th
22/23	61	7th
21/22	45	14th

It wasn't all that surprising to see the England attacker agitate to leave. He did so respectfully, having played a crucial role in winning silverware last season, completing a club-record transfer to Chelsea, worth £117m.

Emery believes he has redistributed the funds cleverly this summer, basically rebuilding an entire title-winning team.

It can be frustrating, but it's a testament to their skill in the market, cashing in on Jacob Ramsey a year before in a move that ended up benefiting the ambitious outift.

Make no mistake, it was a poignant thing to watch Ramsey leave Aston Villa and join a Premier League rival, but it's unlikely that he would have cemented himself as a starter last season, and £42m of pure profit was chequed for the homegrown midfielder.

Rogers and Ramsey were homegrown talents who could have become even bigger heroes, but there's no need to worry; at the start of this new chapter in Emery's system, Villa appear to have found their new versions.

Aston Villa have struck gold on the new Rogers & Ramsey

In Rogers and Ramsey, there was a time during which it felt like Aston Villa had their star attacking midfielders for an age. Both have departed since 2025, but Emery has landed a couple of exciting replacements.

In George Hemmings, Aston Villa have an academy gem who can bloom and flourish where Ramsey failed (albeit, 19-year-old Hemmings joined from Nottingham Forest's youth system one year ago); and in Ibrahim Mbaye, they may well have landed themselves another world-class attacking midfielder, direct and deadly when surging forward.

There is a reason Emery is so keen to start Hemings each week. The ball he dinked through for Tammy Abraham as Villa defeated Coventry City in the Carabao Cup was a work of art, the kind of natural technical ability that Ramsey showed with such gusto during his earlier days with his boyhood club.

And in Mbaye, Emery may well have landed a future superstar, someone who can dominate out wide on the grandest stages. Liverpool were beaten to the £43m Paris Saint-Germain youngster's signature this summer, and he now has the chance to emulate Rogers in joining after cutting his teeth with one of Europe's biggest clubs, utilising Emery's expertise to reach his potential.

It might take time to return to the same lofty level as before, but Aston Villa have potentially upgraded on both of their homegrown talents after such illustrious success, perhaps setting this new chapter up for even greater success.

These new prospects are already being tipped for big things. CIES Football Observatory have recorded a list of the world's 100 most valuable teenagers, and Mbaye and Hemmings are both named. Combined the youngsters are worth a whopping £105m, a figure which will only balloon over the next few years, should Emery's new set-up come together.

Aston Villa took a hit this summer, but Emery appears to have worked his magic and planted seeds which will grow into something special at Villa Park.

Mbaye and Hemmings are young and raw, but give them time - they might just come to rival the very best of them to have kicked a football at the club in recent years.

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