'Villa are in safe hands and will remain competitive' - McNulty
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Our chief football writer Phil McNulty has been taking your questions.
Dom asked: Asking as an Aston Villa fan, what exactly do you think will be going on at Villa Park this summer? Are we in danger of PSR again and how could that limit our sustained push for more European football?
Phil McNulty: Villa will certainly have to trade smartly this summer to keep on the right side of PSR, and I do sympathise with those at Villa Park who almost feel it is a penalty for breaking the glass ceiling into the top four the season before last.
It required the sale of Douglas Luiz to Juventus for £42m late on last August to ensure they were on the right side of PSR.
The fact they did not achieve Champions League football for next season is, of course, another blow.
There is already talk keeper Emi Martinez could leave, while Villa would part with Leon Bailey. Jacob Ramsey has been linked with Spurs, but Villa and their fans would find the sale of the talented local boy close to unpalatable.
Morgan Rogers is regarded as untouchable, but there will be sales.
What you can be sure of is that manager Unai Emery, and Villa's ambitious hierarchy, will have a plan in place, but it would have been a lot easier had they been able to get Champions League football next season.
Villa are in safe hands and will remain competitive.