Villa will 'have to offload' to buy
It does feel like Aston Villa will have to sell some key players this summer if they are to bring others in and keep within PSR regulations.There has been a lot of rumours around it and I believe Jacob Ramsey was a name being mentioned who, as a homegrown player, they would make more money from.It is difficult, and with homegrown players, it is disappointing they are the ones who are sacrificed for these Financial Fair Play rules. You can have a lot of good, young, talented homegrown players coming through, but you know they will be talked about and possibly sold in transfer windows.Rumours are there at Aston Villa at the moment - and when the rumours are there, they are usually there for a reason. If they want to freshen things up a little bit, then I think they are going to have to offload to do that.The disappointing thing is that the players they are going to have to offload are probably ones that the the club do not want to lose.You look at Ollie Watkins, for example. You know he is a player who is going to get you 10-plus goals this season, and having lost Jhon Duran in the winter, who are you going to get to replace what Watkins gives you if he leaves?They do have squad depth and there is a lot of quality in there, but there are some players who are just more difficult to replace than others.Losing Watkins would probably have a bigger impact on the team than losing any other player.Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
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