Aston Villa advice (End of season 1)

[avstu]

I took over my Villa side in December with them at the foot of the table. With 10 games to go I find myself 2 points away from the magic 40 point mark.

So naturally I will push on and see just how far we go but my attentions are already turning to next season. In January I brought in a lot of players on loan, so my wage budget should be decent but I am unsure what transfer target I will have. So just wondering how others have done with Villa - and what advice people would have so I can strenghen for next season.

Here is my squad atm (I will try to list in order of who gets played):

Goalkeepers:

Brad Guzan
Shay Given

FB:

Stephen Warnock
Matthew Lowton
Joe Bennett
Eric Lichaj

CB:

Ron Vlaar
Ciaran Clark
Nathan Baker

DM:

Sullay Muntari (Loan)
Jermaine Jenas (Loan)
Joel Obi (Loan)

CM:

Stephen Ireland
Barry Bannan
Karim El-Ahmadi

AML/R:

Kevin Grobkreutz (Loan)
Charles N'Zogbia
Miralem Sulejmani (Loan)
Nathan Redmond

S:

Darren Bent
Gabriel Agbonlahor
Andre-Pierre Gignac (Loan)

I know I am very light at the back so I will be looking to strenghen or at the very least boost that area in numbers.

Most of the loan deals are available for transfer also.

 

[Cai1234]

I cant think of anyone cheap enough although have a look at raiding the teams that get relegated. If you have the money you might want to get Shawncross or foster but a handy tip: Check out free players as there are some amazing players who will be availible to get throughout the game.

 

[avstu]

Yeah I defernatly will. I had a look at players whos deals were running out in the summer but most of the good ones have been snapped up.

 

[avstu]

Will try and offload the likes of Given (Old and big wages), Warnock, Ireland (both also big wages), Delph and Holman also.

 

[joshb]

Shawcross always seems to cost a fortune so would probably try and avoid him, have a look at William gallas at the end of the season his contract is up, you can probably get another year or two out of him before he dies out